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[Housing and Homelessness Solutions on April 21, 2026.]
IS APRIL 21ST.I CALL TO ORDER THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 24TH COMMITTEE MEETING.
IS THERE, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? NOPE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WELL, WE HAVE THREE BRIEFING ITEMS THIS MORNING.
OUR FIRST ONE IS DALLAS COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES OVERVIEW, AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO JOIN US TODAY.
Y'ALL CAN COME ON UP TO THE FRONT TABLE HERE.
UM, TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW THESE SERVICES WORK.
WE AS A CITY HAVE DESIGNATED OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY, AND SO SERVICES LIKE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION TREATMENT, UM, ARE DESIGNATED TO THEM.
SO WANNA WELCOME YOU IF YOU WANNA START JUST BY INTRODUCING YOURSELVES, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT HIGH LEVEL BRIEFING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERES, I'M THE DEPUTY.
SO YOU HAVE TO PUSH IT AND YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT VERY CLOSE, LIKE SURPRISINGLY CLOSE TO WHERE YOU ARE.
YOU STILL HAVE TO REACHING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
I'M THE DEPUTY ENGAGING SUPERVISOR, AND I WORK WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.
I AM THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER FOR METROCARE SERVICES.
YOU WANT TO START, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
THEY'LL BE FOLLOWING ON THE, UM, SCREEN UP THERE, AND IF YOU'D LIKE THEM TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE, JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE TO THEM.
WE'RE ON THE CORRECT SLIDE HERE.
I WANNA FIRST EXPLAIN TO WHAT THE ENGAGEMENT TEAM CONSISTS OF.
IT'S A TALENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS.
GENERALLY WITH THE MASTER'S LEVEL EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK OR RELATED FIELD, THEIR CASE MANAGERS ARE PAIRED WITH ATTORNEYS IN A MENTAL HEALTH GROUP TO CONNECT CLIENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPORTS TO MONITOR PROGRESS AND DISMISSAL AGREEMENTS.
THEY MEET WITH THE CLIENTS OFTEN AND KEEP ATTORNEYS UP TO DATE ON CLIENT PROGRESS AND TREATMENT PLANS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND WELL AS ATTEND ATTORNEY CLIENT MEETINGS.
ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION, THE, UH, THE CASE MANAGERS SOCIAL WORKERS THAT WORK FOR THE DALLAS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE ALL HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER SUCH AS METROCARE, LIFENET, AND IPS.
SO THEY BRING A WEALTH OF, UH, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO OUR TEAM.
THE LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS WORK WITH THE ENTIRE OFFICE, INCLUDING ON AN ON-CALL BASIS TO THE ENTIRE COURTS.
THE CRISIS SUPPORT IS READILY AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS MORE LONG-TERM SUPPORTIVE SERVICE CONNECTIONS.
THE CASE MANAGERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS DEVELOP SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CLIENTS, ENCOURAGING TRUST AND FOSTERING BETTER ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE HOLISTIC SERVICE SUPPORTS THEY PROVIDE.
WHAT THIS IS, IS THE, UM, WE WORK WITH ATTORNEYS THAT PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AS FAR AS ON THE LEGAL ASPECT WITH THE CLIENTS, AND WE WORK WITH THEM THERE, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE JAIL OR THE COMMUNITY.
WE FIRST COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT WITH THEM TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY FAMILY, WHAT KIND OF HOUSING OBSTACLES THEY MAY FACE, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IF THEY'RE HOMELESS, WE TRY TO GET AS MUCH CONTACT INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE TYPICALLY THE UNHOUSED, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET AS FAR AS USING AN EMAIL OR CELL PHONE SERVICES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH FORMS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE GETTING THE CLIENTS THAT ARE, UM, UNHOUSED WITH, UH, PHONE SERVICES.
WE THEN CONTACT METROCARE OR OTHER PROVIDER THAT THEY CHOOSE TO GOTTA LINK, GET THEM LINK BACK INTO SERVICES.
OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE THEIR RECIDIVISM RATE WHILE MEETING THEIR NEEDS AS FAR AS WHETHER IT'S AN ID, UM, IF THEY'RE NEEDING FOOD, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE DO HAVE A CLOTHING CLAUSE IF THAT'S AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE NOW, AND WE HAVE, UM, OTHER RESOURCES FOR THEM.
AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS A LOT OF THE CLIENTS REFER SOMEONE ELSE.
SO IF THEY'RE GETTING OUTTA JAIL, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY'RE ARRESTED, THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH AS FAR AS CLOTHING.
THEY COME TO THE NINTH FLOOR, WE GIVE 'EM BUS PASSES, PHONE NUMBERS TO CONTACT US IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE PROVIDER AND NEED SOME HELP EXPLAINING TO THE PROVIDER WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING.
WE DO NOTICE ONCE WE GIVE 'EM A WARM HANDOFF WITH MEDICATION, IT HAS REDUCED SOME OF THE CLIENTS RETURNING BACK TO JAIL AS, AS SOON AS, AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP THEM, IF THEY HAVE ANY LEGAL, UM, OBLIGATIONS, THEY'LL MEET WITH US IN THE CASE MANAGER AND THEIR ATTORNEY WITH THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THEIR DISMISSAL.
ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, THEN THEY'LL GET A DISMISSAL OF PAPERWORK AND A CERTIFICATE.
UM, BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT KEEPING
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'EM ENGAGED ON A REGULAR BASIS CAN ASSIST THEM BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY.BUT A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS DO CHOOSE TO LIVE HOMELESS, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE ABLE TO, IF THEY HAVE TO REGISTER FOR A SEX OFFENDER, WE WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT WE, WE DO HAVE LEARNED THAT CONSTANT ENGAGING WITH THEM KIND OF HELPS THEM STAY A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT AND SUSTAIN THEIR, UM, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ON THE LAST PAGE, I KNOW I KIND OF VEERED OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME KIND OF INSIGHT ON, UM, WHAT WE DO THERE.
SO OUR, OUR CHIEF IS, UH, CHIEF THEO PUGH.
I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF, WHICH IS ANGELA HIGGINS.
WE'VE LISTED HERE THE CASE MANAGERS AND THE SOCIAL WORKERS, MONTICELLI, CANVA, ANNA GILLIAN AND RICH.
AND, UM, LA JUAN MCGOWAN WORK WITH THE OUTPATIENT COMEDY RESTORATION PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE THE MENTAL HEALTH ILL CLIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED INCOMPETENT TO STAY IN TRIAL.
SO THEY TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE HANDS ON AS FAR AS COMING BACK TO COURT EVERY TWO WEEKS INSTEAD OF ONCE A MONTH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE CAN WORK TO RESTORE THEIR COMPETENCY IN THE JAIL OR IN THE COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THEM DO END UP HAVING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE AS FAR AS THE ASSESSMENTS, THIS IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COVER WITH THEM WHEN THEY'RE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, THEY MAY COME TO US AS A CONSULT ONLY BASIS FROM ANOTHER ATTORNEY.
AND WE DO HAVE ANGER MANAGEMENT IN OTHER CLASSES.
WE DO TEACH AT THE COUNTY FOR FREE FOR THE CLIENTS THAT DON'T HAVE AN INCOME.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS I JUST LISTED HERE, THE THINGS THAT WE DO OFFER AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? YEAH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LET MR. MABO GO NEXT.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY WELCOME.
I THINK YOU AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
UM, BUT GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO YOUR COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT IN MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES' PRESENTATION.
METROCARE CAME UP QUITE A BIT AND I ALSO LIKE KNIT DID, WHICH IS NOW PART OF METROCARE SINCE ABOUT 2 4 20 14.
SO WE ARE INTRINSICALLY INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AS FAR AS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS AND SUCH, BUT WE ARE ALSO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, METROCARE IS CENTRAL TO THE COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORTS TO FULLY INTEGRATE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND HOMELESS SYSTEMS. WE ARE WORKING WITH HOUSING FORD AND THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION TO ENSURE CONNECTIONS TO CARE ARE MADE FROM THE FIRST POINT OF ENGAGEMENT ON THE STREETS.
AND THESE SERVICES FOLLOW INDIVIDUALS INTO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVED A FIRST EVER HUD WAIVER TO EXPAND INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAMS THROUGHOUT OUR HOMELESS, UH, UH, SYSTEM.
THIS SYSTEM IS NOW ENSURING THAT EVERY CLIENT RECEIVES AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE WHEN THEY ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR, UM, OUR SLIDE HERE, BASICALLY THE WAY TO, UM, SEE THIS IS WE ARE LIKE ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN NEED OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THE INDIGENT PEOPLE IN THE NEED OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE.
SO WE HAVE THE MENU OF OPTIONS.
WE'RE THE FRONTLINE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALS DRIVING REPEAT 9 1 1 CALLS.
WE, UH, ARE EMBEDDED WITH THE POLICE FIRE DEPARTMENT HOST HOSPITALS, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES SYSTEMS TO TRY AND ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
UH, RIGHT WHEN THEY GET ENGAGED WITH THE SYSTEM.
WITHOUT THIS INTERVENTION COSTS SHIFT BACK TO CITY FUNDED EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS. SO WITHOUT US IN THAT, THAT COST WAS DEMONSTRABLY HIGHER FOR THE COMMUNITY THAN WHAT WE PROVIDE AT THE, AT OUR LEVEL.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, APPROXIMATELY 666 SUPPORTIVE AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS STABILIZE THE HIGHEST ACUITY, MOST VISIBLE CASES.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 740 OR CHANGE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS NOT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE LARGEST SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM IN NORTH TEXAS.
WE PROVIDE 24 7 CLINICAL AND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS, UH, OBVIOUSLY TO PREVENT RELAPSES AND EVICTIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD DISRUPTIONS.
WE LOOK TO PARTNER WITH AS MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, FROM THE COUNTY TO THE CITY TO OTHER VS.
UH, OTH OTHER NONPROFITS THAT DO THIS WORK SO THAT WE CAN SCALE OUR IMPACT HIGHER.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, HOUSING FORD AND THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION SO THAT WE CAN SCALE OUR, OUR INTERVENTIONS TO A LEVEL THAT WILL HAVE A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
I'M NOT SURE I EVEN HAVE A NEXT ONE TO BE HONEST.
UM, COMMITTEE WHO HAS QUESTIONS.
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WHO CAN'T BE HEARD? UM, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.UM, I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH METROCARE.
DIDN'T KNOW THOUGH ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, UM, THE VICKI RICE MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.
WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND WHAT WOULD YOUR FIRST 30 DAYS LOOK LIKE IN THIS ROLE? DID YOU SAY AS FAR AS WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION? OH, NO, I'M SORRY.
NO, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, SORRY.
UM, YOUR PROGRAM OFFERS SERVICES AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE LOOKING TO, TO, UH, PARTNER.
WHAT WOULD THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOK LIKE? I KNOW OF A PROGRAM THAT OPERATES MUCH LIKE YOURS, BUT WHAT DOES THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSING FORWARD LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO YOU GUYS INTEGRATE YOUR SERVICES WITH, WITH HOUSING FORWARD BRINGS TO THE TABLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM? WELL, RIGHT NOW IT STARTS WITH THE CLIENTS.
UH, WE, THE ONES WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, WE, THE, THE MAIN PROBLEM THEY HAVE IS HOUSING.
SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO LINK IN TO SHOW WHAT, TO MEET THEIR NEEDS THERE, ONE OF OUR, UH, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERSON IS HOW WE GOT INVOLVED WITH COMING OUT ON WEDNESDAYS TO, UM, TO WALK THE BEAT AS I WOULD SAY, SEE CLIENTS OUT TO SEE WHY THEY'RE HOMELESS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM.
THAT WOULD, UM, PROVIDE AS FAR AS LINKAGE TO COMMUNITY PROVIDERS WE COULD ASSIST WITH, UH, GETTING THE CLIENTS LINK BACK TO THEIR CASE MANAGERS.
A LOT OF THE CLIENTS, ONCE THEY MISS AN APPOINTMENT, WE NOTICE THEY WON'T COME BACK 'CAUSE THEIR FEAR OF, UM, GOING TO JAIL.
SO WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE, WE MET A LOT OF CLIENTS THAT, UM, THEY HONESTLY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND AS FAR AS EVICTIONS OR TICKETS, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON SOME OF 'EM SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT SEEKING TO GET HOME.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE HELP WITH THE HOUSING, I THINK WE CAN BRING A LOT OF WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE AND, UM, SOCIAL SKILLS FOR THE CLIENTS.
AND WE CAN ALSO HELP TEACH CLASSES SO THAT SOME OF THEM CAN START APPLYING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND MAINTAINING A JOB IF THEY'RE, UM, DEALING WITH ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUES.
A LOT OF THE CLIENTS WE FIND HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
THEY'VE NEVER TAKEN ANY TRAUMA COURSES, AND THAT WOULD HELP THEM SOMETIMES REDUCE THEIR, UH, HOMELESS RATE FOR THEM.
SO I HA IN MY DISTRICT, IN, IN ONE OF MY PARTNERING DISTRICTS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE NEED OF THE METRO CARE SERVICE, UM, BUT THEY WON'T SEEK THE SERVICES.
HOW DO YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND GET THEM INTO YOUR PROGRAMS SO THAT THE SERVICES THAT YOU OFFERED CAN BE ACCEPTED? THEY HAVE A, UM, A LISTING THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS ON THERE.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SHOW 'EM WHAT THEY NEED TO BRING.
AND I ALWAYS TELL THEM IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT STILL GO AND THE COUNTY PROVIDES A LETTER, WHAT WE CALL LIKE A SOCIAL SECURITY RELEASE LETTER.
IT'LL HAVE THE COUNTY SEAL ON IT, THEIR, UM, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH, WHICH THE MOST PLACES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AS A FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION.
BUT I'LL, I'LL LET MR, CAN I ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION? SO WE, WE HAVE A STREET OUTREACH, UH, DIVISION THAT WILL GO TO WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS ARE AND OVER TIME, UH, BUILD A RAPPORT WITH THEM TO CONVINCE THEM TO GO COME IN TO DO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES CALLED THE PATH PROGRAM.
IT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE, AND WE'VE HAD THAT 20 PLUS YEARS NOW.
AND SO WE'RE WELL VERSED IN THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO COMBINED WITH HOUSING FORD'S OVERALL STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, TO COVER THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
WE'VE KIND OF CARVED IT UP INTO POCKETS WHERE THE CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTAIN AREAS.
OUR PATH PROGRAM IS EXTENS, GOES ACROSS THE WHOLE DALLAS COUNTY, BUT, BUT THEN WE HAVE A SMALLER DIVI GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOUSING FORWARD OUTREACH ON THE STREETS AS WELL.
SO WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT INTERESTED OR IS NOT READY FOR ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, YOU HAVE TO BUILD A RAPPORT OVER TIME WITH THEM.
YOU HAVE TO GET A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE BRANCH OF IT.
THEN WE ALSO ARE THE HOST OF A SAFE HAVEN PROGRAM, WHICH IS A, UM, A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM FOR THE MOST RESISTANT TO CARE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAVE 25 SLOTS IN THAT PROGRAM THAT SPECIFICALLY ENGAGED WITH THAT, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSING THE MOST, UH, THE HIGHEST ACUITY MO MOST DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE WITH.
CLIENTS COME IN WITH LOW BA BARRIERS FOR ENTRY, AND WE REALLY INTENSIVELY 24 7 STAFF MEALS AND ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY QUOTE UNQUOTE GRADUATE THEM TO PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FARTHER DOWN THE LINE.
WELL, THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION, SO OTHERS CAN ALSO ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF SERVICES THAT ARE, THAT OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION WILL NEED IS SUPPORT IN GETTING, EVEN IF THEY WANNA PARTICIPATE
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IN ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, THEN THE ID THEY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE IT.DO YOU HAVE A PATHWAY FOR THEM CE GETTING THEIR ID SO THAT THEY CAN GET IN THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU NEED THEM TO BE IN, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE HELPED? SO SOME OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WORK IN THAT ARENA.
WE WORK WITH, UH, THE STEWPOT THAT HAS, UH, MONEY AND A PROGRAM TO ACQUIRE BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND DRIVER'S LICENSES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WE ALSO WORK WITH, UM, UH, SDEP AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME, UH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH, WITH WHAT THAT ACRONYM IS.
BUT THEY ALSO, THEY HAVE, WE PARTNER WITH THEM FOR ID ACQUISITION AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT AVENUES TO DO IT.
WE DON'T DO IT INTERNALLY, BUT WE WORK WITH OTHER ONES WHO DO IT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN'T BE AN EXPERT ON EVERYTHING.
YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU DO.
WELL, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU DO WELL, STAY IN YOUR LANE AND FIND OTHER PEOPLE WHO DO THE OTHER THINGS TO DO WELL AND PARTNER WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN SCALE IT ONCE AGAIN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
I DO KNOW THAT THERE, AND THANK YOU, UM, UH, CHAIR FOR BRINGING THIS TO US BECAUSE I, THIS IS A MOST NEEDED, UM, OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, THEY ARE IN NEED OF METRO CARE SERVICES AND, BUT THEY, BUT THEY, WE SEE THEM HABITUALLY BACK ON THE STREET BECAUSE NO ONE CAN REACH THEM.
AND, AND THERE, IF THERE IS A WAY FOR YOUR SERVICES TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THOSE THAT ARE THERE, I WOULD, I WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER.
IF I MAY ADD ONE MORE THING, WE, IN THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS HAVE EXPANDED OUR, UH, SATELLITE CLINIC, UH, PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UH, MEN OF NEHEMIAH, THE, THE, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, UH, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SUCH.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A COORDINATED, UH, ACCESS GROUP THAT GOES OUT TO THESE PLACES ON, LIKE, SAY, TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TRIES TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE FOR WHATEVER OTHER REASONS.
AND SO WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BRIDGE THAT LAST SPOT TO GET SOMEONE WHO IS IN NEED OF OUR SERVICES INTO SERVICES.
AND SO WE HAVE GREATLY EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.
UH, MAYOR PROAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER? BAAL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, I, I WISH AND HOPE THAT WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, OUTREACH.
UM, I WILL, UH, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT METROCARE IS, UH, RIGHT THERE IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND WE ARE, UH, VERY, UM, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR, YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
UM, MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING I THINK WE, UM, NEED TO DEVOTE MORE RESOURCES TO.
UM, AND UNTIL WE DO, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE, UH, UNFORTUNATE VICIOUS CYCLE, UH, CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRACIE RESENDEZ? NO.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS PRESENTED TO YOU, DO THEY HAVE A DEDICATED CASE MANAGER OR IS IT WHOEVER, WHATEVER CLINICIAN'S AVAILABLE? UH, AS, AS FAR AS WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, THEY'RE ASSIGNED A CASE WORKER AND A PUBLIC DEFENDER TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR PROCESS.
AND HOW OFTEN WOULD ONE SEE THEIR CASE MANAGER? IS THAT, UH, UH, WEEKLY, BIWEEKLY, MONTHLY.
THE ONES THAT ARE, UH, DEEMED OUT, UM, OUT, UM, INCUMBENT TO STAY IN TRIAL, THEY CAN, THEY'RE GONNA COME TO COURT TWICE, UH, TWICE A MONTH.
BUT THEY HAVE OUR PHONE NUMBERS.
THEY CAN COME ANYTIME THEY WANT.
THEY CAN WALK IN AND, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW THEY'RE HERE FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE OTHER, UH, DIVISION.
THEY COME TO COURT ONCE A MONTH, BUT IF THEY'RE IN NEED OF ANYTHING, THEY HAVE ALL OUR CONTACT NUMBERS AND THEY CAN COME IN AS OFTEN AS NEEDED BECAUSE THE THING WE'RE STARTING TO DO MORE NOW IS TRY TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE, UM, THE CASE MANAGER'S SOCIAL WORKER, WE DIDN'T DO ANY COMMUNITY, UH, VISITS AT ALL.
AND SO SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT INVOLVED IN A COURT CASE BUT IS, UM, JUST NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE, HOW FREQUENTLY WOULD THEY BE SEEN? WE WOULD, UM, WE START OFF AS A CONSOLE.
WE HAVE ON-CALL SOCIAL WORKERS.
THEY'RE, UH, ON CALL FOR THE WHOLE COURTHOUSE.
AND ONCE THEY CONTACT US, THEN WE SET UP AN EXIT PLAN FOR THEM AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE NEEDING TO, UH, SUSTAIN THEIR STABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CALL US AND COME UP TO THE COURTHOUSE EVERY DAY IF THEY NEED BE, WHICH WE DO HAVE SOME CLIENTS THAT COME FOR FOOD EVERY DAY OR BUS PASSES TO GET TO THEIR NEXT, UH, LOCATION.
AND THEN ARE YOU ABLE TO GIVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY DEDICATED INPATIENT BEDS THERE ARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY AND HOW MANY THERE ARE THAT ARE OUTPATIENT NOW THAT I, I'M NOT WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
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COMPANY RESTORATION PROGRAM, THE, THE HOSPITAL, UH, WAIT LIST, IT DEPENDS ON THEIR, THEIR SEVERITY OF THEIR CHARGE.SO THEY MAY BE IN, IN THE, UH, IN HOUSE IN THE JAIL FOR MAYBE 90 DAYS.
AND IT DEPENDS IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GO TO TRIAL, IF THEY'RE A FEMALE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU AS FAR AS THE EXACT NUMBERS.
AND SO IKENNA WOULD, YOU KNOW, LIKE LET'S SAY THERE'S A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S PRESENTING THAT HAS SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PERHAPS NEEDS INPATIENT CARE OR SIGNIFICANT OUTPATIENT.
ARE, ARE YOU AWARE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM HOW MANY DEDICATED INPATIENT BEDS AND OUTPATIENT BEDS THERE ARE? I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT NUMBER, BUT I COULD GET IT FOR YOU.
HOW, HOW COULD WE GET THAT INFORMATION? I'M SORRY.
HOW COULD WE GET THAT INFORMATION? UH, I WILL GO TO HOUSING FORD AND SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND GET THAT AND COMPILE THAT.
I JUST, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS THAT I LIKE, OH, THIS IS THE OVERALL NUMBER.
AND SO I LOOK, REACH OUT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A AVAIL, HAVE I HAVE OC HAVE A CAPACITY, AND OKAY.
SO, BUT YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT ON YOUR TO-DO LIST TO FIND THAT? I WILL, I WILL TRY AND GET THAT FOR YOU.
SO HOW IS METROCARE WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF? OH, I'LL REMIND YOU,
HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH A CITY STAFF WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT TO, UM, REMOVE AN ENCAMPMENT? HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? ARE YOU BEING ASKED TO, UM, BE ON SITE? HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED UP TO THAT POINT? ARE YOU ONLY INVOLVED IF DURING THAT REMOVAL THERE'S AN ISSUE? IS ARE YOU, ARE YOU PART OF THAT PROCESS? ALL THE ABOVE.
WE ARE PART OF THE PROCESS AT ALL LEVELS.
SO WE ARE PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS TO SEE, UH, TO COME UP WITH HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT ENCAMPMENT.
WE HAVE THE STREET OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE THE INITIAL PEOPLE WHO GO INTO THE ENCAMPMENT OR HAVE ALREADY BEEN THERE, FRANKLY, AND KNOW KIND OF THE POPULATION.
WE HAVE, UM, OUR, UH, HOMELESS, UH, MEDICAL STAFF, UH, OUR PSYCHIATRIST, WE'VE, WE HAVE A NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR ON OUR HOMELESS TEAM WHO HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING, DOING STREET UH, MEDICINE.
SO GOING TO THE ENCAMP AS OPPOSED TO DOING SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UM, TELEMED WITH A COMPUTER.
SO WE ARE INVOLVED AT ALL LEVELS OF THAT ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S TALKING TO THEMSELVES MM-HMM
WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE? WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT POINT? SOMEBODY MAYBE CALLS 9 1 1 SAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUNCHING AT THE WIND OR A A STREET POLE.
THEY'RE CLEARLY HAVING SOME SORT OF BREAK WITH REALITY.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR GETTING THEM HELP? YOU? ASKING ME OR? I, I, I, I THINK THAT'S A KINDA, YEAH.
WELL, UH, IT'S A MULTIFOLD PROCESS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS A, A STAFF MEMBER OF METROCARE WILL COME TO ME AND SAY, HEY, WE, YOU KNOW, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THERE'S THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BEING DISRUPTIVE, IS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL THAT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION.
I'VE TRIED TO ENGAGE AND I'VE, AND IT HASN'T GONE ALL THAT WELL.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL REACH OUT TO MY PATH TEAM AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE USUALLY LOCATED.
LET'S TRY AND ENGAGE WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO, UH, COME IN FOR SOME MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE.
NOW, THE PATH TEAM GOES OUT THERE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY ALREADY KNOW THIS INDIVIDUAL.
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR SOME TIME AND THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY'LL GO AND ATTEMPT TO ENGAGE.
IF THIS, UH, IN GENERAL, IT'S VERY INFREQUENT WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE READY TO GO TO THE CLINIC AND GET ON MEDICINE.
IT'S A, IT TAKES A, SOME, UH, REGULAR ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT.
BUT LET'S SAY THEY, UM, ARE SO, UM, DECOMPENSATED THAT THEY NEED A BIGGER INTERVENTION OR MORE IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION THAN, UH, A REGULAR ENGAGEMENT.
WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE RIGHT CARE TEAM AND WE'LL SAY, HEY, CAN YOU COME OUT AND MEET US HERE SO WE CAN, UH, ASSESS IF THIS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO GO INTO THE HO FORCE HOSPITAL A, A FORCE HO HOSPITALIZATION OR NOT? THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE'LL DO TO, TO ENGAGE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL.
AND THEN MS. HIGGINS, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THEM ONCE THEY'RE ALREADY THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE, THE, THEY'RE, SO THEY'RE IN JAIL, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE COMING OUT AND THEY NEED CONTINUED MENTAL HEALTH CARE.
IS THAT RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING TO, UM, A CITIZEN REQUEST FOR HELPING A PERSON THEY SEE IN DISTRESS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IF THEY'RE IN THE, IF THEY'RE IN THE COURTHOUSE, WE DO.
BUT AS FAR AS, UM, BEING OUTTA THE COMMUNITY, WE DON'T.
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DPD, I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.WOULD YOU MIND COMING AND EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENS? 'CAUSE SOMEONE'S GONNA CALL AND THEY, THEY SEE SOMEBODY IN CRISIS.
LET'S SAY IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND YOU'RE GONNA BE THE RESPONDER.
I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE AN AAL HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO IF YOU CAN JUST WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS, THERE'S A GUY HE IS TALKING TO HIMSELF, KEVIN, MAYBE YOU, YOU WOULD PREFER TO ANSWER.
UM, AND THERE'S CLEARLY A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE HAPPENING.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, UH, YOU GOTTA MOVE THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
UH, AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
DEPUTY CHIEF MA ADJUST ALLEN, UH, DALLAS PD, UH, INTELLIGENCE UNIT OVER THE HOT TEAM.
HOWEVER, I GUESS FROM THE PATROL'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, WHEN THEY RESPOND TO AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT, OFFICERS GET THERE, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE'S A DANGER TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS AT THAT POINT, THEY CAN, UH, DO AN A PILE, WHICH IS AN APPREHENSION OF POLICE WITHOUT A WARRANT AND TAKE HIM DOWN TO RECEIVE, UH, SERVICES THROUGH, UH, PARKLAND OR ANY OTHER CERTIFIED, UH, MEDICAL FACILITY.
AND KEVIN, DID YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? YES, CHAIR.
KEVIN DEN, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CRISIS, AND I'M SORRY, IF YOU COULD JUST BRING IT CLOSER.
I, I THINK THE VOLUME MUST BE VERY LOW TODAY.
SO WE, WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT THIS AT PUBLIC SAFETY LAST WEEK, BUT, UM, I WANT TO GIVE AMAZING CREDIT AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH METROCARE RIGHT NOW, THIS VERY MINUTE, THERE ARE METROCARE EMPLOYEES IN THE 9 1 1 DISPATCH CENTER THAT ARE ABLE TO ASSIST OUR DISPATCHERS AND OUR CALL TAKERS ON LIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND TRIAGE THOSE CALLS IN THE DISPATCH CENTER SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE DO WE NEED PATROL? DO WE NEED RIGHT CARE, THE MEDIC UNITS, OR JUST A CIVILIAN RESPONDER? AND WITHOUT METROCARE AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP, AND REALLY THE CAPABILITIES THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT THE CITY DOES NOT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE TRIAGE DECISIONS IN THE 9 1 1 CENTER.
AND, AND FOR MY, UH, PERSPECTIVE, DALLAS HAS INVESTED AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN RESPONSE UNITS.
THE REAL GAINS THAT WE ARE MAKING AND, AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN IS WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE DISPATCH CENTER? UM, AND AGAIN, CREDIT TO METROCARE AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP FOR, UH, PUTTING THOSE STAFF IN THERE.
IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT IT WAS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOUSING AGENDAS, UM, IN THE SAME MONTH.
AND METROCARE, YOU HAVE STEPPED UP AND GROWN ENORMOUSLY, UM, AT LEAST IN THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
UM, THE COUNTY ALSO DOING, DOING REALLY GOOD WORK.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS OUR OWN STAFF AND IT'S HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND HOMELESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THESE WERE ORIGINALLY THE SAME PRESENTATION I ASKED 'EM DIVIDED OUT, BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE, AS THEY GO THROUGH, YOUR QUESTIONS MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM ONE THAN THE OTHER.
SO WE'LL DO THE, THE, THE HOUSING FIRST, TAKE THE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL DO THE HOMELESSNESS ONE.
I'M THOR ERICKSON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.
I'M HAPPY TO BE JOINED TODAY WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR JAMES ARMSTRONG AND INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JASMINE BALEY.
UH, THIS FIRST PRESENTATION, UM, WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR CURRENT PORTFOLIO OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, UM, THE FUNDS THAT WE COMMIT TO SAID PROJECTS, SOME UNENCUMBERED BALANCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS TO PROJECTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THAT WE FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, INCLUDING FACILITIES, UH, FOR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, INSUFFICIENT AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND RISING RENTAL AND DECLINING PATHWAYS TO HOME OWNERSHIP.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JAMES ARMSTRONG, UH, TO DELIVER THIS PRESENTATION FOR US.
UM, GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBER, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, SO AS THOR SAID, OUR PRESENTATION TODAY WILL REALLY COVER A BACKGROUND, A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE'LL COVER BACKGROUND PROGRAMS, UH, PROJECTS, KEY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THE OVERALL GOAL IS REALLY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A BASELINE KNOWLEDGE, UH, AND EQUIP YOU WITH UNDERSTANDING SO THAT YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE
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SO THAT YOU CAN BE THOUGHT PARTNERS ON WHERE WE ARE GOING.SO, AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OUR INTEGRATION FROM THE MERGER OF FOUR DEPARTMENTS, AN EMPHASIS, UH, REALLY IS ON HOW DO WE ALIGN CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ASSURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING FUNDING TO ITS BEST AND HIGHEST USE.
THAT REALLY HAS BEEN OUR GOAL.
AND SO WE DO THAT THROUGH, UH, THREE CATEGORICAL INVESTMENTS, ONE, AFFORDABLE, ATTAINABLE ACCESS THROUGH PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION.
SECOND FAIR HOUSING INVESTIGATIONS AND OUTREACH, AND THEN OF COURSE, SERVICES FOR RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS.
SO FIRST WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT OF AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
SO ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS WE INVEST, ONE OF THE MAJOR WAYS OUR OFFICE INVEST ON THE HOUSING SIDE IS WHAT I CALL GAP FINANCING, UM, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
SO DEVELOPERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THEIR PROJECT, UH, BUT HAVE A GAP AS A RESULT OF THAT AFFORDABILITY CAN REQUEST FUNDING IN THE FORM OF A REPAYABLE LOAN.
UM, SO THIS SLIDE REALLY JUST SHOWS THE STEPS FOR THAT PROCESS.
AND MAJOR TAKEAWAY FOR THIS SLIDE IS, IS THAT WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, OH CCE AND THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THIS PLANNING QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY ARE NOTIFIED ON FUNDING LEVELS, UH, WHAT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT REALLY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.
SO FIRST WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT RENTAL PORTFOLIO.
SO, OUR RECENT INVESTMENT IN RENTAL HOUSING IS DISPLAYED IN THIS CHART.
THE HIGHLIGHTS INVESTMENTS IN OVER 2000 ATTAINABLE RENTAL UNITS IN OUR CITY.
UM, AS AN ADDITIONAL NOTE, UH, 13 OF THE, UH, UH, WITHIN THE THIR, WE HAVE 13 PROJECTS WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO.
THREE OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY IN LEASE UP, AND THAT IS IN DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT THREE, UM, AND DISTRICT SEVEN.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT LIST.
SO THESE ARE, UH, INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE.
CURRENT PORTFOLIO OF HOME OWNERSHIP INVESTMENTS.
SO HERE LISTS ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS STARTED, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
UH, THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE NATURE OF DEVELOPING IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOUTH DALLAS, WEST DALLAS.
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAD ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT HAD TO BE REMEDIATED.
UM, BUT, UH, JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'VE INVESTED IN AS IT RELATES TO SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP.
UH, ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, AFTER AN INITIAL INVESTMENT IS MADE AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED, UH, IT REALLY MOVES TO WHAT WE CALL LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE.
SO A LOT OF THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE USE HAVE, UH, COMPLIANCE COMPONENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR FIVE, 10, EVEN 15 YEARS.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE ABOUT 40 HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE MONITORED REGULARLY, UH, TO ASSURE AFFORDABILITY GUIDELINES ARE BEING MET.
SO WE'VE, UH, NOW THAT WE'VE REVIEWED OUR CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION PRESERVATION OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UH, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT, UM, INVESTMENTS, UH, IN OUR PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS TWO OF OUR, UM, SERVICES THAT WE AT ONE POINT PROVIDED, UH, AS A DIRECT SERVICE IN-HOUSE.
BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, OHCE SHIFTED ITS DIRECT SERVICES OF OUR HOME REPAIR AND HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE TO THIRD PARTY PARTNERS.
UM, THE AIM IS REALLY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO MORE RESIDENTS IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER.
OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, A TOTAL 16.9 MILLION AND HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE 1.8 MILLION.
I WILL ALSO MAKE MENTION OF THE EVICTION PROVISION PREVENTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER PROCUREMENT.
UM, I WILL ALSO MAKE MENTION THE HOME REPAIR AND HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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WILL, UH, BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS IN THE COMING WEEKS.UH, BEFORE THAT, WE WILL HAVE INTENT ENGAGEMENT AND COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO ASSURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE PROGRAMS HOW TO APPLY, UM, AND EXPECTED TIMELINE OF, UH, SERVICE.
OKAY, SO WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CURRENT INVESTMENTS, OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS. NOW WE'RE GONNA GET INTO REALLY WHAT IS THE TOOLBOX FOR OHCE.
UM, EACH SOURCE THAT WE DEAL WITH, IT COMES WITH ITS OWN RESTRICTIONS ON USES.
AND REALLY THE GOAL, OUR GOAL IS, UH, HOW DO WE, OUR GOAL WHEN MATCHING, UH, SOURCES WITH PROJECTS IS ATTEMPTING, AS I SAID BEFORE, HOW DO WE EXTRACT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FROM FUNDING SOURCES? NEXT SLIDE.
UM, IT'S, UM, FIVE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE USE.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ONE IN PARTICULAR, WHICH IS THE HOME AND HOME INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 9.3 MILLION.
UH, OFTENTIMES IT IS THE, UH, MOST DIFFICULT TO GET OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE IT COMES WITH A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT? UM, IT COMES WITH RESTRICTIONS LIKE DAVIS BACON.
IF YOU ARE BUILDING MORE THAN 11 HOMES AT ONE TIME, IT COMES WITH LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER.
AND SO, UH, IT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE MOST, UH, AVAILABLE OF, BUT IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR TOOLBOX, UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE SHORTLY THAT WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DEDICATE TO HOUSING, UH, BOTH HOUSING AND HOMELESS ACTIVITY.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE USAGE OF THOSE FUNDS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HOMELESS FUNDING SOURCES WILL, WHICH JASMINE WILL TACKLE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
SO, 2024 BOND PROGRAM FUNDS, UH, PROP I AND PROP H.
SO CURRENTLY HERE IS, UM, A LIST OF THE BALANCE THAT'S REMAINING SOME OF THE USES THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED BOND, UH, FUNDING TOWARDS.
UH, JUST SO THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UH, BOND FUNDING IS MANAGED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ABOUT THIS PROCESS, BUT, UH, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, MANAGES THE INCENTIVE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS.
UH, THOSE PROJECTS ARE MANAGED BY HOUSING FOR BOND DOLLARS.
UH, THAT'S MANAGED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE, UM, AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, PLANNING, UH, TO HAVE, UH, QUARTERLY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEIR PROJECTS.
SO, AS I SAID, LOOK, LOOKING AT THIS PRO, UH, THIS SLIDE, IT SHOWS, UM, A TOOLBOX OF ABOUT 45 MILLION.
UM, AND THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WHEN YOU DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE USAGE OF THOSE FUNDS, YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD RE REVITALIZATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 18 MILLION IN BOND FUNDING, UH, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO HAVE THAT MUCH FUNDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IT DOES HAVE A VERY RESTRICTIVE USE.
SO, UM, RATHER IT'S BOND FUNDS, UH, M-I-H-D-B FUND FUNDING, HOME INVESTMENT FUNDING, OR HOME CHODO FUNDING.
THESE PROJECTS HAVE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN ALLOCATING TOWARDS PROJECTS.
AND THIS SLIDE REALLY SHOWS THAT BALANCE.
UM, IT REALLY IS A BALANCING ACT.
UM, ON THE ONE END YOU HAVE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES, WHICH IS TO INCREASE, UH, RENTAL OPTIONS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 50% OF A MI AND TO EXPAND HOME OWNERSHIP OPTIONS FOR HOUSEHOLDS, UH, UP TO 121 A HUNDRED PERCENT OF A MI.
BUT HOW DO YOU BALANCE THOSE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES WITH THE LIMITED USAGE OF THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE? AND THAT IS THE CHALLENGE THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE ARE DEVELOPING A, A MORE PROACTIVE STRATEGY FOR
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USING UNOBLIGATED BALANCES, UM, BOTH TO EXPAND PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS OUR CITY.UM, WE'RE DOING THAT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE STRATEGIES THAT INCENTIVIZE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
WE JUST CLOSED ON ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, UH, 66 0 1 LANCASTER, UH, PROJECT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, O-H-O-H-C-E HAS BEEN CONSIDERING WAYS TO USE UNOBLIGATED BALANCES FOR HOME TO INVEST IN MORE HOME OWNERSHIP ACTIVITY CITYWIDE.
AND HERE ARE A LIST OF MORE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO HOW DO WE LEVERAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, UM, AS WAS PRESENTED, UH, AT THE STATE OF HOUSING WITH CFTS INVESTMENT, UM, FUND, HOW ARE WE TARGETING THE MISSING MIDDLE, UM, AND TRANSIT ORIENT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? UH, HOW DO WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING ASSETS FOR AFFORDABLE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE IN EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS? AND SO THESE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE, UH, THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US THAT, UH, WE'RE TASKED TO, UH, FINDING WAYS TO, TO FUND WITH THE TOOLBOX THAT WE HAVE.
SO, PROGRESS HAS CONTINUED ON THE OPTIONS PRESENTED, UH, TO HHSC IN DECEMBER, 2025.
THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING AVAILABLE FUNDING TO ADVANCE SEVERAL OF THESE OPTIONS.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? UM, WE FIRST WILL LOOK AT WHAT IS THE OVERALL STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
UM, AS WAS MENTIONED AT THE STATE OF HOUSING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WILL ALSO BE TAKING WHAT WE CALL A, UH, DISTRICT LEVEL APPROACH TO CRAFTING OUR HOUSING POLICY.
AND AS OUR OFFICE, UH, SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK AND FINALIZE DALLAS' HOME, UM, WE'LL BE REALLY LOOKING AGAIN TO ALIGN RESOURCES WITHIN THE HOUSING, WITHIN THE CITY'S HIGHEST HOUSING NEED.
UM, AND, UM, AS WE KNOW WITH THE AFFORDABILITY PRESSURES RISING AND SIGNIFICANT VARIATION ACROSS DISTRICTS, WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN AT HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE, UH, FUNDING SOURCES.
SO AGAIN, UH, STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
UM, NEXT IS THE DISTRICT LEVEL APPROACH.
WE'LL BE CONDUCTING MEETINGS AND TOURS ACROSS ALL COUNCIL DISTRICT TO REALLY IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR OUTCOME IS REALLY, WE HOPE TO DEVELOP HOUSING STRATEGIES BY DISTRICT THAT WILL THEN INFORM OUR OVERALL STRATEGY, UM, TAILORED TO, AGAIN, PRESERVATION AND NEW DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, LISTENING.
AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER THE, UH, HOMELESS PRESENTATION.
ACTUALLY, NO, THAT WAS THE REASON WE SEPARATED.
SO THAT WE CAN DO THESE QUESTIONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHY I SEPARATED 'CAUSE JUST YOUR PRESENTATION IS A LOT.
AND VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
SO WITH THAT, UM, HAPPY TO START.
UH, COUNCILOR GRACIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? SURE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.
AND AT THIS POINT, UM, IT'S REALLY A COMMENT, UM, FOR THIS FIRST ROUND.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY THE, THE SLIDE I WAS LOOKING FOR IS THE, AND APPRECIATE CERTAINLY IS CONDUCTING MEETINGS AND TOURS ACROSS ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND DEVELOPING HOUSING STRATEGIES BY DISTRICT TO INFORM THE OVERALL STRATEGY.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE MADE, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY IN A, IN A BAD WAY, WE ALL HAD GREAT INTENTIONS, BUT SOMETIMES WE TRY TO PUT ONE SIZE FITS ALL, UH, OF A SOLUTION OVER AN ENTIRE CITY.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT IDEA AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED TOURS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, UH, AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME, CHAIR.
SO ARE YOU INTENDING TO GO OUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS? ARE YOU INTENDING TO HAVE, UH, MEETINGS FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT? WHAT DID, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN YOU SAY DISTRICT LEVEL? SO OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, YOU ALL KNOW YOUR DISTRICT WELL, AND SO WE WANT TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN HELPING YOU CRAFT YOUR HOUSING STRATEGY FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ WILLIS.
SO I'M GONNA LOOK AT SLIDE SIX.
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT GAP FINANCING AND REPAYABLE LOANS, BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT, UM, ISN'T
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THE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION DE HOUSING PROGRAM, AREN'T THEY ALSO DOING LOANS OF THAT NATURE? ARE WE, I MEAN, I ASSUME THERE'S VOLUME TO HANDLE WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO AND WHAT COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION WOULD DO, BUT HOW, HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH THEM TO KIND OF MANAGE THE BIG PICTURE? THAT IS CORRECT.WE, WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE TEAM AT COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS.
I WILL SAY THAT OUR PRODUCT IS TYPICALLY A LOW INTEREST LOAN.
UM, UH, IT IS, UH, VERY COMPETITIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST PRIVATE DEBT.
UM, TYPICALLY IN THE RANGE OF FOUR TO 6%.
AND SO OUR FUNDING WILL, WOULD COME IN, IN A PROJECT, UM, AS SORT OF THAT LOW INTEREST LOAN, UH, TO HELP BUFFER COST.
AND THEIRS AREN'T, I'M SORRY, AND THEIRS ARE NOT LOW INTEREST.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO THEY'LL HAVE A PARDON.
THEY'LL HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT.
UM, WE ARE TRADITIONALLY LAST FUNDING IN, UM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT UNDERWRITING CRITERIA AND DIFFERENT TERMS THAT MAY COME.
UH, IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PRIVATE FIRM THAT CFTS, YOU KNOW, SETTING UP OR THE, THE, THAT PRIVATE FUND, THEY MAY NOT HAVE ALL OF THE, THE SAME RESTRICTIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITH SOME OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
SO IT WILL HELP ADD CAPACITY TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY.
UM, WE HAVE A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY.
MOST OF OUR FUNDS COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE COMING YEARS MAY BE CUT, UM, OR REDUCED OR ADDED DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEW PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE.
SO HAVING OUR PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS, UM, STEP UP IN THIS SPACE WILL BE HELPFUL, UM, GIVEN THE FUTURE CONDITIONS THAT WE LOOK AT.
WELL, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE MEETING REGULARLY.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT, GIVEN WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WORKING LIKE THIS, SO THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING ALL THAT'S, THAT'S OUT THERE ON SLIDE 13.
UH, ON HOME REPAIR, IT LOOKS LIKE ACTIVE CASES THERE ARE 80.
I MEAN, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU MENTIONED APPLICATIONS OPENING UP SOON, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREATER NUMBER AGAINST THAT 16 NINE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M JUST BREAKING OUT WHAT, WHAT ELSE, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE AVERAGE WOULD BE? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY HIGH OF A, A AWARD.
WELL, WE, WE, WE DO HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE GOAL, UM, UH, TO, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
I THINK OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, UM, IS UP TO 225 OKAY.
SO THAT, THAT WILL BE OUR GOAL FOR HOME REPAIR.
AND THEN LOOKING AT, I MEAN, THIS COUNCIL MADE A DECISION IN THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE TO REALLY WORK TOWARD CUTTING OFF THE INFLOW TO HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO THE EVICTION PREVENTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS PART OF THAT.
AND YOU MENTIONED THERE'S AN ACTIVE RFP, UM, IS THE CRITERIA.
I MEAN, I HAVEN'T READ IT, SO, YOU KNOW, ARE WE LOOKING AT VOLUME OF HOW WE CAN INTERVENE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE DOING GREAT WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, BUT IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST THE INFLOW IS WHAT'S KILLING US.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, BUT VOLUME IS ONE OF THEM.
WHAT ARE THE OTHERS? UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE TIMEFRAME, THEIR MODEL OF ACCESS, UM, AND CAPACITY TO SERVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SERVING VOLUME QUICKLY.
UM, WELL I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT MATERIALIZES.
UM, ON PAGE 15, YOU MENTIONED THE HOME PROGRAM MOST AVAILABLE, BUT MORE DIFFICULT.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CHANGE THE DIFFICULT PART, AND I REALIZE THERE ARE ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS THAT GO WITH THIS, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE ON THE CITY SIDE THAT WE COULD ADDRESS TO CHANGE THAT? YEAH, I, I, I THINK, UM, UH, LOOKING AT MULTIFAMILY FOR HOME DOLLARS IS AN APPROPRIATE STRATEGY.
UM, IT IS RENTAL, BUT WITH THAT YOU HAVE THE LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE THAT IT JUST SET UP MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR, FOR HOME DOLLARS.
WHEN YOU PUT THE INVESTMENT IN SINGLE FAMILY PROJECTS, WHICH WE'VE DONE BEFORE, I CAN TELL YOU IT IS BURDENSOME, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S MORE THAN 12 HOMES.
UM, YOU HAVE DAVIS BACON'S REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS A, UH, SORT OF A ONEROUS PAPERWORK FOR THE DEVELOPER.
AND SO IT JUST BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S TYPICALLY TAILORED FOR 80% AND BELOW.
UM, AND SO, UH, YOU HAVE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE.
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WE HAVE THE INTERNAL EXPERTISE TO HELP DEVELOPERS ON HOW TO USE THAT AS A SOURCE IN THEIR CAPITAL STACK.SO WE WANT SINGLE FAMILY, MORE OF SINGLE FAMILY, BUT IT'S BURDENSOME.
BUT ON MULTI-FAMILY, WE NEED THE HOUSING AND WE CAN CONTROL THE INCOME BANS.
AND I WILL ADD THAT OUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR, UH, SUBMITTED COMMENTS, THE OPEN CALL FOR CHANGES TO HOME AND CDBG AND PART OF THE FEDERAL ROAD TO HOME BILL IS, UH, LOOKING AT THE HOME PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTING SOME CHANGES.
AND SO WE EAGERLY AWAIT THAT BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FACE.
SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.
UM, ONE MORE THING ON PAGE 17, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PROP G? I NOTICED PROP I AND H ARE REFERENCED 'CAUSE OF HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
BUT ARE THERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS THAT ARE ALSO COMING INTO THIS EQUATION? THERE, THERE, THERE ARE.
AND, UH, THAT FUND IS PRIMARILY MANAGED BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, BUT TO DATE, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, THREE PROJECTS FUNDED WITH THAT WESTIN LOFTS, PALLADIUM BUCKNER, AND RIVULET.
AND THERE'S AN ITEM ON CITY COUNCIL, UH, TOMORROW FOR THE MEADOW, UH, WHICH ALSO UTILIZES THAT FUNDING SOURCE.
AND, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE HOME PROGRAM CHANGES WE HAVE HAD ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, AND, UM, HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS ENCOURAGING FEDERAL CHANGES TO THAT PROGRAM.
UM, VICE CHAIR, BLAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT? UH, SURE.
UM, ON PAGE 13, THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU HAVE 80 ACTIVE CASES.
CAN YOU TELL ME BY DISTRICT HOW MANY THEY ARE? WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU TODAY.
AND THE, UM, HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, YOU SAID NEW APPLICATIONS ARE COMING IN WEEKS.
UM, OR DO YOU KNOW OF AN APPROXIMATE TIMEFRAME? IS IT TWO WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS TO 10 WEEKS? WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AS WELL.
UM, AND FOR THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE, BUT YET WE HAVE $1.8 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THAT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM? WELL, THAT PROGRAM WAS OUTSOURCED, UM, TO, IT IS BEING OUTSOURCED AS WE SPEAK.
UM, AND, UH, WE PROJECT TO HAVE A LOT MORE BUYERS IN OUR PIPELINE ONCE THAT PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING, AND WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
SO WE'RE FINALIZING THAT CONTRACT AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE STANDING ABOVE THAT PROGRAM WITH BCL, AND WE ANTICIPATE THEM BEING OPEN THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
SO IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES.
AND SO NOW YOU ONLY THING YOU'RE DOING IS FINALIZING THE CONTRACT A AND WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR AS FAR AS GETTING PEOPLE INTO THIS PIPELINE? UM, IT DOES THIS MONEY HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON IT? UH, THE, THE CONTRACT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH RENEWAL OPTIONS, AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THEM BEING UP AND RUNNING.
WE'LL MONITOR THIS CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE HOME REPAIR CONTRACT FOR CAPACITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE BRING TO THIS BODY IS A QUARTERLY REPORT.
THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT IS DUE NEXT MONTH.
SO THE SUMMERTIME QUARTERLY REPORT WILL SHOW YOU PROGRESS ON BOTH CONTRACTS AND, UM, HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AND CASES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS RIGHT HERE IN GETTING THAT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, I FIND THEY, UH, CHANGE THEIR LOCATIONS IN THE SUMMERTIME SO KIDS COULD START SCHOOL AND BE ACTIVE IN, IN THE CONTINUATION IN, IN A SCHOOL PROGRAM.
UM, THEN YOU'RE OUR EVICTION PREVENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT TO ME? OF COURSE.
UH, THIS PROGRAM WILL BE FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR FAMILIES FACING EVICTION.
SO I, I KNOW IN, UH, ONE OF ANOTHER, UH, UH, PRESENTATION I RECEIVED, I KNOW THAT DISTRICT EIGHT HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF EVICTIONS WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, IS THERE A WAY TO PARTNER IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INEVITABLE ALWAYS OCCURS, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN A LOCATION AND NOT ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT LOCATION, BUT KNOWING WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS AND HOW TO, UM, EXECUTE IT WITHIN MY DISTRICT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN.
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PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS AND HOW WE CAN PLUG IN, UM, DISTRICT EIGHT TO GET THOSE, GET THOSE SERVICES OUT AND TO THEM.UM, PAGE, AND I'M TRYING TO GO PAGE BY PAGE, SO IT'S EASY TO, TO FOLLOW.
UM, I, WITH THE HOME PROGRAM, YOU SAID THERE'S A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS, BUT, AND, AND LIKE, UM, A CHAIR, UH, WILLIS SAID, UH, BROUGHT OUT THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY.
THERE IS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, BUT A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND YOU WERE, I DIDN'T QUITE FOLLOW YOU WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT THIS FOR, UM, MULTIFAMILY OPPOSED TO SINGLE FAMILY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? THAT THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD LEND, UM, THIS PROGRAM? YES.
SO WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS, IS IT'S A STRATEGY TO USE, UM, UH, IN ORDER TO MEET THE TIMELINESS ON THE FEDERAL FUNDS.
SO WHEN WE RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS, UH, THERE IS A TIMELINESS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND, UH, THE FUNDS.
AND SO IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A HEFTY HOME BALANCE, AND WE HAVE AVAILABLE PROJECTS, RATHER IT IS, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE GONE THROUGH THE H-F-C-P-F-C, UM, WE CAN, UH, LEVERAGE HOME DOLLARS TO, UH, CLOSE ANY GAPS THAT MAY EXIST ON THOSE, ON THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, WITH THAT, IT COMES LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE.
SO WHENEVER YOU USING HOME DOLLARS, YOU HAVE A LAYER OF COMPLIANCE FOR SINGLE FAMILY, IT'S TYPICALLY FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS THROUGH THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
FOR MULTIFAMILY, IT'S LONGER BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOCK IN THAT AFFORDABILITY FOR UP TO 15 YEARS.
AND SO THAT'S HOW THE FUNDING WORKS WITH, UM, WITH RENTAL, THE RENTAL PRODUCT.
I HAVE A, UH, WELL, MY DISTRICT HAS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S FAIR SHARE OF RENTAL PROPERTIES AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS MORE DIVERSE HOMEOWNERS.
UM, AND IF THERE WAS A WAY TO LEVERAGE THE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WE GET SI NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IT WOULD BE OF BENEFIT.
ESPECIALLY, I KNOW THAT 60, UH, 66 0 1 LANCASTER MM-HMM
UM, THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY.
UM, PROGRAM WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE 200 ELIGIBLE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL AS WHEN WE GET CLOSE TO UNIVERSITY HILL, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 500 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE PIPELINE TO BE BUILT.
UM, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE HOME PROGRAM FOR THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP.
CAN YOU HEAR ME SAY THAT? YES.
A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, AND I, I'M GONNA, I CAN TALK TO YOU ONE ON ONE ON PAGE 18, THE PROPOSITION 17 AND 24 I AND H WHERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR USAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION.
I GOT A LOT OF THAT TOO, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM, I'M USING IT OUR TIME WISELY.
SEE, I'M TRYING, I TOLD YOU I'M GOING, TRYING TO GET PAGE BY PAGE.
UM, I'M, I'M, I'M, SERIOUSLY, I HAVE, BECAUSE I HAVE LET THERE, LET ME BACK UP.
YOU HAVE ONE THING WHERE YOU SAID FEE IN LIEU.
UM, AND THE MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BONUS, THE, UH, M-I-H-D-B.
WHERE DO THOSE DOLLARS GO? WHERE DOES THAT, THAT, WHEN THEY PAY THE, THE, IN LIEU, WHERE DOES THOSE DOLLARS GO AND HOW DO THEY BENEFIT A COMMUNITY? YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO THE FEE IN LIE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN TERMS OF THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
SO INSTEAD OF OFFERING ONSITE AFFORDABLE UNITS, A DEVELOPER CAN PAY THAT FEE, WHICH IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE MARKET VALUE AREA TIMES THE STORIES OF THE BUILDING.
THAT FEE, THAT WHOLE PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY PLANNING, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT.
THE FEE IN LIE FUND ITSELF IS MANAGED BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE FUNDS HAVE A USE OF HOUSING SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATED RESEARCH AND PAYING FOR THE STAFF TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.
AND I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE HERE, WELL, FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
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PLANNING, BECAUSE I WAS PART OF THE, THE, UH, CPC TEAM WHEN WE DID V AND L, BUT I NEVER FULLY APPRECIATED WHERE THOSE MONIES GO AND HOW THEY ARE DISPERSED, UM, EQUITABLY AMONGST A, A COMMUNITY IF THEY'RE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING HOT MORE DENSITY.AND SO IF YOU'RE GETTING TO BUILD MORE DENSITY BASED OFF OF PAYING A FEE IN LIEU, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A BENEFITS THAT WE CAN SEE AND AND I, AND NOT JUST IT GOING TO ONE DEVELOPMENT, IT SHOULD GO AND WELL, I'LL, I'LL BRING THAT UP TO MY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAIR AND UM, WE CAN, WE CAN FISH THAT OUT.
BUT GOING BACK TO THE, THE, IN MY LAST, UH, COMMENTS, I'M READY, WHEN DO WE WANNA RIDE? I'LL BE GONE THIS WEEKEND, BUT WE CAN RIDE ANYTIME AFTER THAT.
AND I HAVE A, A SPECIFIC, WELL, NOT, WELL, MY DISTRICT HAS SPECIFIC IDEALS AS TO WHAT DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO OCCUR OPPOSED TO WHAT DEVELOPMENTS WE'RE SEEING BEING BROUGHT TO US MM-HMM
AND HAVING TO REJECT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE PLAN OF THE, THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M GONNA START FIRST WITH, UM, PAGE EIGHT AND GOING THROUGH, UH, I BELIEVE PAGE NINE AS WELL.
UM, THESE, UM, PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND, AND FUNDED, UM, WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THESE UNITS? IS THERE A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC? UH, AS FAR AS E ECONOMIC, UH, BASE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET? SO E EACH OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE, UH, A DIFFERENT A MI MIXTURE HISTORICALLY.
UM, THE GOAL OVER THE LAST YEARS IS WHEN WE INVEST IN MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL PRODUCTS, UH, WE'RE SERVING A CLIENTELE OF UNDER 80% A MI, MOST OF THESE HAVE A MIXTURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS AT SOME POINT.
AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE LOW MOD, UM, CRITERIA TO MEET AS A NATIONAL OBJECTIVE.
UM, AND SO I KNOW Y'ALL ALREADY HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY ADD THE UNIT COUNT, THE, THE A MI, UM, REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE, I, I SEE A LOT OF THESE WITH THE SAME DEVELOPER, AND SO NOT SURE HOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL, UH, FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
I WORRY THAT SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DOING WORK.
IN 2024, WE AMENDED OUR, UM, RDLP PROGRAM, THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ACQUISITION LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH SET CRITERIA TO OFFER, UH, UP TO $5 MILLION OR 25% OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO ENCOURAGE DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS TO BE PART OF THIS.
SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN THAT PROGRAM THAT, UH, THIS BODY, UH, AUTHORIZED THAT AMENDMENT TO CHANGE, TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS AND SPREAD THAT MONEY AROUND.
AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY HOME OWNERSHIP I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KEEP HEARING AROUND THIS HORSESHOE.
UM, I HOPE THAT THE NEW, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING PEOPLE, UH, THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO, UH, QUALIFY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
BUT JUST AS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT IS MAKING SURE THAT FAMILY IS EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT HOME.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE HAVING RESERVES WHEN THE HVAC GOES OUT OR WHEN THE ROOF NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, UH, AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, JUST EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS, UH, ON HOME OWNERSHIP.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, HOME REPAIR.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, HAS NOT BEEN, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN UTILIZED BY, BY FOLKS AND THAT, AND THAT'S GREAT.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
UH, BUT THE CONTRACTOR SIDE IS SOMETHING WHERE WE REALLY STRUGGLED AND FOLKS NOT, UM, SEEING A CONTRACTOR IN MONTHS OR THE WORK THAT WAS JUST DONE SLOPPY.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOW I HAVE FOLKS CALLING OUR OFFICE SAYING, HEY, THE SINK THAT WAS INSTALLED IS LEAKING, AND NOW IT'S CREATED FOUNDATION PROBLEMS. AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, ON, UH, HAVING CONTRACTORS THAT WILL BE MORE RELATIVELY AVAILABLE, UH, TO COMPLETE THE JOB IN, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THOSE CONCERNS AND, AND I HOPE THAT THEY'VE BEEN ADDRESSED.
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THANK YOU.THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK.
UM, I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING Y'ALL IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, AND, AND DRIVING AROUND.
I ALSO WOULD JUST, UH, LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND REQUEST A MEETING, UM, TO GO OVER SOME, UH, QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE, UM, MORE GRANULAR IN THE PRESENTATION AND, AND FUNDING SPECIFICALLY.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO START, UM, ALSO, I, UM, ECHOING THE COMMENTS THAT, UM, MAYOR PROTO MORENO SAID ABOUT THE SAME DEVELOPERS.
UH, AT ONE POINT THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE TO REALLY WORK WITH DEVELOPERS IN HOW TO WORK WITH A CITY.
AND IT IS A BARRIER, AND IT IS A STRUGGLE.
AND SO YOU MIGHT LOOK AT HOW YOU CAN INVITE DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY HIGH VOLUME, WELL-KNOWN DEVELOPERS HERE WHO HAVE NOT ENGAGED WITH US, WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY, UM, TO REALLY, REALLY GET GOING.
I, I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST YEAR WE HAD A, A DEVELOPER FORUM.
UH, WE INVITED OUR DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS TOGETHER.
WE INVITED LENDERS TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAD TABLING AND PRESENTATIONS AND CROSS LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO BE ABLE TO MATCH, MAKE, AND HELP UNDERSTAND THAT ECOSYSTEM.
AND WE PLAN TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
SO I LOVE DOING THAT ALL CALL.
UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HIGHEST TIER, MOST ACTIVE DEVELOPERS IN OUR CITY, YOU MIGHT WANNA DO A SMALLER GROUP MM-HMM
OF JUST THAT COHORT SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY, BUT YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY SAYING, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE CITY, EVEN IF IT'S VIEWED AS, UM, A LITTLE ONEROUS.
WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE IT WORK.
AND SO I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
THE NEXT THING, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION IS FOR THE HOME REPAIR, I THINK OVER THE YEARS YOU'VE HEARD COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS WHO'VE, UM, EXPERIENCED IT, BOTH SOME NEGATIVE THINGS, UM, AS, AS MAYOR PRO MORENO SAID, BUT ALSO VERY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT HOW IT LITERALLY IS SAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
UM, THE 80 NUMBER, THIS IS A BIG INCREASE.
SO I KNOW WHEN I STARTED ON COUNCIL, WE HAD LESS THAN 10, LESS THAN 10, AND NOW MOVING THIS AS AN OUTSOURCED ITEM, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND NECESSARY, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED FOR WHERE THIS IS HEADED.
OUR, UH, HOUSING STOCK HAS CERTAINLY AGED.
AND, UM, I THINK WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AT RISK THAT COULD BE SAVED, EASILY SAVED, AND WOULD ALSO MEAN GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR THOSE OWNERS WHO ARE LITERALLY SEEING THEIR HOMES DISINTEGRATE WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE REPAIR.
SO I WANNA GO TO, UM, SLIDE 15, PLEASE.
AND THIS IS THE FUNDING SOURCES.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS, OF THE ITEMS ON 15 16 17, WHICH ONES ARE NOT ALL SPENT ANNUALLY? MEANING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CDBG FUNDS CAN ROLL OVER, THEY'RE IN A MULTI FUND, AND IN FACT, UM, A REMINDER TO ALL OF US THAT IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR PROGRAMS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THEM NOW.
UM, BUT THERE'S OTHERS AS WELL THAT ARE, UM, PART OF MULTI-YEAR.
AND SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND SAY, IT MIGHT BE EASIER ACTUALLY TO SAY WHICH ONES ARE SPENT FULLY EVERY YEAR.
ALL, ALL OF THE FUNDS HAVE SOME FORM OF MULTI-YEAR COMPONENT.
UM, HISTORICALLY WHEN WE HAD SOME OTHER GENERAL FUND TIED TO IT, THOSE WERE DOLLARS THAT NEEDED TO BE ALLOCATED WITHIN THE YEAR.
UH, BUT THEY STILL HAD A DIFFERENT SPENDING TIMEFRAME.
UM, BUT NONE OF THESE HAVE A, A SET DURATION OF GET IT, SPEND IT WITHIN THE YEAR.
UH, SOME OF THE STATE GRANT AWARDS DO HAVE A SPENDING TIMEFRAME, UM, THAT ARE MORE RIGID, THAT GO WITH THE CONTRACT PERIOD.
UM, SO I THINK THE ONLY ONES THEN ARE ON 17, THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, CORRECT? UH, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO LET, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
UM, THE BALANCE REMAINING THAT YOU'RE SHOWING, IS THAT ALL UNENCUMBERED FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE ITEMS? THE BALANCERS REMAINING HERE IS UNENCUMBERED FUNDS, NON-COMMITTED FUNDS.
SO THE COUNCIL HAS PUT IN THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THIS MONEY FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
DO YOU FEEL THAT THOSE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ARE NECESSARY GIVEN THE REMAINING BALANCES YOU SEE
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IN ALL THESE OTHER CATEGORIES? YEAH.THE, THE GENERAL FUND DEDICATED TO THIS IS PRIMARILY GOING TO HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
IN TERMS OF THOSE CONTRACTS, UM, THE HOME PROGRAM, CDBG, UH, THERE'S LIMITED WAYS THERE.
SO THE SERVICES CAP AT CDBG IS ALREADY CAPPED.
HOME FUNDING DOES NOT ALLOW FOR, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE.
IT'S A CONSTRUCTION RELATED, UM, M-I-H-D-B IS RELATED TO HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION.
TIF IS RELATED TO HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE ARPA MONEY WAS RELATED TO ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSES.
SO THE GENERAL FUND MONEY DEDICATED THERE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ECOSYSTEM OF HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE CITY.
UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DAVIS BACON REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE WORKED WITH THAT DIRECTLY.
I HAVE WORKED WITH IT DIRECTLY.
IT'S, UM, VERY SPECIFIC PROCESSES WHERE ONE HAS TO BE FINISHED BEFORE THE NEXT, WHICH MEANS YOUR PROJECT IS A WAY, WAY, UM, MORE TIME CONSUMING THAN IF YOU WERE NOT USING THAT.
UM, IT LIMITS WHAT CONTRACTORS, YOU CAN USE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, UM, AND IT MAKES A PROJECT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AND SETS PAY RATES FOR THINGS.
AND SO YOU'RE NOT JUST ASKING SOMEONE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE PAPERWORK.
IT'S, UM, A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL IF YOU HAVE TO USE THEM.
UM, I, I WILL SAY I'M GLAD THAT A LITTLE BIT OF LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION CAME UP, UM, NEXT MONTH THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU'LL ALREADY BE THINKING IN ADVANCE ABOUT, UM, STATE AND FEDERAL, UM, AS, AS IT REGARDS TO HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, THE FEE AND LIE IS ACTUALLY VERY DISTURBING TO ME.
UM, I DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS PAYING STAFF SALARIES, THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID.
THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF IT THAT PAYS FOR STAFF TO ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM.
AND WHAT ELSE IS IT PAYING FOR? UH, WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON FULL STATUS OF THAT PROGRAM AND THE CURRENT EXPENDITURES ON IT.
THAT'S A MULTI-DEPARTMENT, UM, REQUEST.
I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA IN FRONT OF ME.
SO THE THING IS THAT THIS WAS DEVELOPED SO THAT DEVELOPERS COULD GET OUT OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WHAT IT WAS MEANT WAS TO SAY, OKAY, WELL MAYBE WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS EXTRA DENSITY, BUT YET WE WILL STILL NEED TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE DOLLARS ARE NOT ACTUALLY BEING SPENT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THE INTENT WAS CONCERN.
AND SO MAJORITY ARE SPENT ON CONCERN ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
AND WE, WE CAN GET YOU THE, THE BALANCES AND WHAT'S BEEN INVESTED IN THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND, AND THE TRUTH IS, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND IT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP, THEN LET'S JUST GET RID OF IT AND LET'S JUST LET PEOPLE BUILD HIGHER DENSITY WITHOUT PAYING, BECAUSE THAT WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE THEIR COSTS AND PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABILITY IN THEIR UNITS.
AND SO WE DON'T NEED TO ARTIFICIALLY MAKE THINGS MORE EXPENSIVE IF WE'RE NOT GONNA ACTUALLY DELIVER THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO I, I WOULD, IF, IF YOU COULD ADD THAT FOR NEXT MONTH, LET'S, LET'S GO THROUGH WHAT THAT FEE AND LIE IS ACTUALLY GOING TOWARDS SO FAR, BUT A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, CAN CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL.
AND I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW OF, OF SLIDES 15 AND 16, UM, ARE ANY OF THOSE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, EMERGENCY HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES? SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT MOST CITIES HAVE.
WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT HOMELESS PREVENTION SYSTEM PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GONNA HELP CATCH UP ON RENT, WE'RE GONNA HELP CATCH UP ON UTILITIES AND DO THAT KIND OF WORK.
IS THAT, ARE THERE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THAT THAT ARE FEDERAL OR STATE? THERE ARE.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTION GRANT GOES TO.
THE ESG PROGRAM COVERS OUR, OUR, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, AND SOME OF THE HOMELESS DIVERSION ACTIVITIES, OUTREACH, SHELTER, RAPID REHOUSING, THAT'S ALL SUPPORTED IN THERE.
AND WHEN YOU SAY IT'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHAT ARE THE, UM, QUALIFICATIONS ON THAT? UM, THERE ARE, IS IT HOMELESS PREVENTION OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? THERE'S HOMELESS PREVENTION AND THEN THERE'S THE, THE DIFFERENT TERMS BASED UPON THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
I, I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON IN TERMS OF THE, THE FUNDS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THAT SPACE.
WELL THAT IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO TALK ABOUT, PLEASE.
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AND THEN, UM, FOR THE DISTRICT LEVEL APPROACH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HEARD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT REPORTING AND YOU KNOW, WE KEEP GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW US A MAP OF THIS, SHOW US A MAP OF THAT.BUT SINCE YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT AND VIEW THE DISTRICTS, THIS, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT I THINK WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU HEAR, AGAIN, DIFFERENT THINGS COMING OUT OF THE COUNCIL THAN I THINK YOU HAVE IN THE PAST.
BUT FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US THE NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND THEN THE AFFORDABILITY LEVEL FOR EACH OF THOSE.
AND THEN THE RESTRICTION LEVELS, MEANING IF THERE DHA PROPERTIES, P-F-C-H-S-C, LITECH.
SO REALLY JUST BREAK OUT THAT MULTIFAMILY SIDE, AND THEN ON THE SINGLE FAMILY, HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY UNITS THERE ARE, AND THEN BREAKING THAT OUT INTO RENTAL AND HOMESTEAD.
AND WE'LL JUST ASSUME IF THEY DON'T HAVE A HOMESTEAD, THEY ARE RENTAL.
AND OF COURSE JACK HAS THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WILL GIVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHERE EACH DISTRICT IS.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I'M GONNA SAY ON THAT IS WE ARE NOT ONE CITY MADE UP OF 14 CITIES, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE 14 DISTRICTS SHOULDN'T AND ISN'T THE SAME.
AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S AN EFFORT TO, UM, MAKE THEM THE SAME.
AND I KNOW YOU LIKE TO DO CITYWIDE POLICY, AND I THINK YOU OFTEN HEAR US SAY, WELL, BUT THAT POLICY DOESN'T FIT MY DISTRICT OR THE DISTRICT.
I REPRESENT, I SHOULD SAY I, BUT I THINK AT LEAST IF WE CAN START WITH THE FACTS FOR WHERE IS EVERY DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE OFTEN OVERLOOK SOME DISTRICTS ARE VERY BUILT OUT AND THERE ISN'T ROOM FOR MORE, AND OTHERS HAVE A LOT OF OPEN LAND AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY, AND THOSE HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN OTHER PLACES.
YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK BACK AT MEETINGS FROM THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES FOR DISTRICT 12, AND IT'S ALL OVER THE AGENDA FOR EVERY ZONING, BUT NOW WE'RE HARDLY EVER THERE.
BUT NOW IT'S OTHER DISTRICT'S TURN.
CHAIR, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE STATE OF DALLAS HOUSING PRESENTATION, WE'RE HAVING A, UM, A DATA BOOK FOR EACH OF YOU THAT LISTS ALL OF THAT, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL DATA, LIKE BUILDING CONDITION, AGE OF HOUSING, STOCK, UH, SOME OTHER FACTORS SO THAT Y'ALL HAVE A DISTRICT PROFILE TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE STATE OF HOUSING IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND THAT THAT'S THE START OF THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN VERIFY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN EYES AND TOURS AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW OUR OWN DISTRICT, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT WE UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE CITY.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER.
UM, AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING, I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THAT THE FUTURE OF DALLAS IS NOT NORTH DALLAS, THE FUTURE OF DALLAS IS SOUTHERN DALLAS.
AND IF WE DON'T GET SOUTHERN DALLAS, RIGHT, DALLAS IS IN TROUBLE AND EVERY FINANCIAL ISSUE WE HAVE IS SOLVED BY SOUTHERN DALLAS.
THAT'S WHERE EVERY OPPORTUNITY IS IN THE CITY.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT HOME BUILDERS HEAR THAT BECAUSE WE WANT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, WE NEED A LOT MORE OF THEM.
AND YOU HEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS ADVOCATING FOR THAT, YOU'LL GET THEM APPROVED.
THEY CAN BE SMALLER, THEY CAN BE LARGER.
THERE'S NOTHING WE DON'T NEED, BUT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T JUST PUT THE SAME THING IN THE SAME PLACE OVER AND OVER IF THAT'S NOT WORKING.
UM, YOU HAVE ANOTHER, ARE WE DOING ANOTHER? UH, I WASN'T GOING TO, BUT WE CAN, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW ON ON THE, THE, UM, DISTRICT LEVEL AND SHAPING OUR CITYWIDE THINKING, UM, BECAUSE THAT DID CONCERN ME.
UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THE DEEP DIVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS ALL THE TIME.
UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE DO HAVE COMMON THEMES, UH, IN OUR DISTRICTS.
I KNOW I'VE GOT, UH, VI MEADOW, UM, 11 HAS ESPERANZA.
I MEAN, YOU CAN JUST LOOK ACROSS OUR DISTRICTS AND EVERYONE CAN IDENTIFY CERTAIN AREAS THAT CAN BE GROUPED TOGETHER.
SO I THINK THAT IS WISE TO UNDERSTAND SOME FOCUS AREAS THAT ARE IN, IN GREAT NEED.
BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE FUTURE BECAUSE I, I DIFFER A LITTLE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS IN NORTH DALLAS THAT CAN HELP FUEL WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOUTHERN DALLAS GROW.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF A, A BALANCE OF WHAT THAT FUTURE OF DALLAS IS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT AREAS.
I'VE GOT SOME AREAS THAT ARE VERY BUILT OUT.
I MEAN, I LOOK AT THAT, BUT I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT AS A STOP SIGN.
IT'S, THERE'S ALWAYS GOT TO BE THIS TURNOVER, UM, OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY AGING AND GETTING TOWARD THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE RESIDENTS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS ON FIGURING THIS ALL OUT
BUT I DO THINK THIS MERITS, YOU KNOW, THE BIG DISCUSSION AND I THINK THAT DEEP DIVE WITH US IS VALUABLE.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF BEING STRATEGIC AND NOT
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PIECEMEAL.SO, UM, BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND DEFINITELY WANT TO GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR.
DID ANYBODY ELSE NEED A SECOND ROUND? NOPE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, OUR NEXT, UH, PRESENTATION, UM, LOOKS AT HOMELESSNESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES.
UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS GONNA BE DELIVERED BY OUR INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JASMINE BALEY.
SO JASMINE, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
UM, MY NAME'S JASMINE BALEY, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, AND I SPECIFICALLY WORK ON THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS DIVISION.
YOU CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
SO THOR COVERED A LITTLE BIT OF THE PURPOSE IN THE FIRST PRESENTATION.
UM, AS YOU GUYS HEARD IN OUR RECENT STATE OF HOUSING PRESENTATION ON APRIL 1ST, DALLAS CONTINUES TO FACE SIGNIFICANT HOUSING CHALLENGES.
AND THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT RESOURCES WE DEDICATE SPECIFICALLY TO OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS OR OUR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO THIS IS EVERYTHING WE'LL COVER TODAY.
FIRST I'LL GIVE A BIT OF A BACKGROUND, THEN I'LL DISCUSS OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT SOME FUNDING, OUR KEY SITES AND AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AND STRATEGY AND NEXT STEPS.
SO HERE ARE OUR CORE INVESTMENTS OUR OFFICE MAKES AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
FIRST, WE SUPPORT HOUSING FORWARD, WHICH IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE AND THEIR MANY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WE SUPPORT MANY OF THE PATHWAYS AND THE HOUSING PRIORITIES THEY HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPORT THE SHELTERS LISTED HERE BY HELPING FUND THINGS SUCH AS OPERATIONS OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND IN SOME CASES OR SOME CASES, PROVIDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE ACTUAL FACILITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DEVELOP PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS LONG-TERM SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PAIRED WITH SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND MIGHT HAVE CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS TO STAY HOUSED.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE DEVELOP HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING INSTABILITY.
SO THAT CAN BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT CAN BE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THAT CAN BE SHELTER OR TEMPORARY OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS IS THAT OUR INVESTMENTS REALLY SPAN THE FULL HOUSING SYSTEM.
A LOT OF THE, UM, CURRENT PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTS THAT WE PROVIDE COVER MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES ADMINISTERED BY OUTSIDE SERVICE PROVIDERS.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIRST MENTION THAT ALL THESE CONTRACTS ARE COUNCIL APPROVED INITIATIVES.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, UM, BASICALLY THE PROVIDER, THE FUNDING THAT'S USED TO SUPPORT THAT PROVIDER, THEIR MOST RECENT CONTRACTS OR RENEWAL AND THE TERM FOR THEIR MOST RECENT CONTRACT OR RENEWAL.
AND THEN FUNDING THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED THUS FAR AND BALANCES REMAINING.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SEVERAL OF THE CONTRACTS HAVE REMAINING FUNDS AND MOST INCLUDE A RENEWAL OPTION, WHICH WOULD GIVE OUR TEAM TIME TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PROVIDERS TO SPEND DOWN THE REST OF THE FUNDING AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
UM, WE WOULD NEED COUNCIL DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. SO FIRST WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT WITH HOUSING FORWARD FOR HMIS, WHICH IS THE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE ACCESSING SHELTER AND SERVICES.
WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, UM, WHICH AGAIN, OR WHICH PROVIDES DEDICATED HOUSING RESOURCES TO YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THIS CONTRACT WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
THIS MAY GO TO THE NEXT, OR NO, SORRY.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTS THAT SUPPORT EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AND YOU'LL SEE THEIR NAMES LISTED HERE.
SO THAT'S FOR SALVATION ARMY, THE BRIDGE AND AUSTIN STREET CENTER.
SO ALL THE CONTRACTS ON THIS SLIDE FUND OPERATIONS AT THE BRIDGE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FUNDING FOR THESE CONTRACTS SUPPORT BOTH BED SPACE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
ON THIS SIDE YOU SEE OUR VARIOUS CONTRACTS AND SERVICES THAT WE SUPPORT FOR REHOUSING, UM, FOR BOTH HOUSING FORWARD, WHICH AGAIN IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
AND THE BRIDGE REHOUSING SERVICES HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MOVE INTO SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING AND CONNECT THEM TO THE SUPPORT THEY MAY NEED TO STAY HOUSED, WHICH SOMETIMES INCLUDES THINGS LIKE CASE MANAGEMENT OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THE GOAL FOR THESE PROGRAMS IS TO SHORTEN THE TIME THAT SOMEONE IS WITHOUT A HOME AND, AND THE END REALLY ENSURE LONG-TERM STABILITY.
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RECENT CONTRACT FOR HOUSING FORWARD PHASE TWO STREETS OF HOME IS DISPLAYED HERE, WHICH ASSISTS BOTH THOSE WHO ARE LIVING UNHOUSED AND ARE IN SHELTER TO EXIT AND MOVE INTO MORE PERMANENT LONG-TERM HOUSING.ONE THING IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT MOST OF THE FUNDING THAT SHOWS REMAINING IS ACTUALLY ALREADY COMMITTED TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE IN THEIR PROGRAM, ARE IN THEIR PIPELINE RIGHT NOW.
ONCE THEY ENTER THEIR PROGRAM, UM, THEY'RE UNDER OBLIGATION OR AGREEMENT TO SUR UH, SUPPORT THEM WITH 12 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY WAITING AND IN THEIR PROGRAMS, AND THEY WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO SPEND DOWN THESE FUNDS.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE TWO GROUPS OF CONTRACTS.
THE FIRST GROUP OF CONTRACTS IS FUNDING FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
UM, PROVIDE ONGOING HELP TO PEOPLE ONCE THEY ARE HOUSED AND ENSURE THEY CAN STAY STABLE AND SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR HOUSING.
AND THEN THE LAST GROUP OF CONTRACTS ARE FOR HOMELESS DIVERSION, SO THAT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES YOU GUYS WERE ASKING ABOUT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, UM, WHICH CAN BE USED TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID ENTERING HOMELESSNESS OR THE SHELTER SYSTEM, UM, BY INTERVENING IN WHATEVER HOUSING CRISIS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING EARLY ON.
SO THAT WAS A, A VIEW OF OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS, WHICH AGAIN, GO TO SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED BY, UM, MOSTLY OUTSIDE PARTNERS.
THIS NEXT SECTION WE'LL DISCUSS FUNDING.
WE HAVE AVAILABLE SOME OF OUR CURRENT ASSETS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE'RE CONSIDERING TO ADVANCE THIS WORK.
UM, SO OKAY, ON THE FIRST SIDE, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SIDE.
MOST OF THESE RESOURCES WERE NOT COVERED BY, UM, THE FIRST PRESENTATION, SO I'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME HERE.
A LARGE SHARE OF THIS FUNDING SUPPORTED THE PHASE TWO STREETS OF HOME INITIATIVE BY HOUSING FORWARD.
AND THE REMAINING FUNDING UNDER THIS, UM, FUND WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT 1950 FORT WORTH AVENUE, WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND THEN THE REMAINING FUNDING WAS UTILIZED BY HOUSING, UM, OR FOR HOUSING.
NEXT IS THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS, WHICH WE RECEIVE ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS.
IT'S HUD FUNDING THAT'S CONTRACTED OUT TO LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE SHELTER, UM, MAINTAINED, UH, OPERATIONS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF THE PROVIDERS WE SUPPORT HERE.
WE ALSO RECEIVE THE STATE'S HOMELESS HOUSING AND SERVICES PROGRAM, HHSP, WHICH OFFERS FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS, OUTREACH, REHOUSING, PREVENTION, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
AND THE YOUTH, UM, HOMELESS AND HOUSING SERVICES GRANTS IS, OR THE AWARD IS UNDER THIS FUND.
SO FOR A CONTINUATION OF THE FUNDING SOURCES, WE SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT UNDER HOUSING.
I WANTED TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT HOME AND SOME OF THE, UM, USES WE COULD, UM, CONSIDER TO SPEND DOWN THE REMAINING FUNDS.
HOME FUNDS CAN SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENTAL HOUSING FOR HOUSEHOLDS ON THE LOWEST END OF THE INCOME SPECTRUM.
SO THE 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THIS LOWER ENDS OF THE INCOME SPECTRUM ALLOWS US TO HAVE MORE PERMANENT RENTAL OPTIONS TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF SHELTER AND INTO AS THEY EXIT THE SYSTEMS. AND MAINTAINING OUR SHELTER CAPACITY DEPENDS HEAVILY ON THE AVAILABILITY OF RENTAL HOUSING FOR THESE A MI LEVELS.
THIS, UH, SLIDE SHOWS FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH HOMELESSNESS AND, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE REMAINING BOND FUNDS, WHICH ARE DEDICATED TO HOMELESSNESS PROPOSITION.
I, UM, HOMELESS FUNDS ARE DEDICATED TO CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, SO THAT'S GONNA BE INVESTMENTS LIKE CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION AND REHAB.
OFTENTIMES THE SAME DEVELOPERS WE WORK ON WITH ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE CAN MAKE GREAT PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPING THINGS LIKE PSH WITH THE RIGHT PARTNER.
UM, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS FUNDING TO DEVELOP RENTAL OPTIONS THAT ALSO, AGAIN, CONTAIN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO EXPAND OUR SHELTER CAPACITY CITYWIDE.
SO I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT OUR INVESTMENT PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
THE FIRST, UM, IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
NEXT, WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO INCREASING SHELTER CAPACITY, WHETHER THAT BE INVESTMENT IN OUR EXISTING SHELTERS OR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS CITYWIDE.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AND PRIORITIZING DEVELOPING NON CONGREGATE HOUSING OPTIONS SUCH AS NON CONGREGATE TRANSITIONAL OR TEMPORARY HOUSING.
AND WE WOULD SEEK YOU ALL'S FEEDBACK ON THESE PRIORITIES AS WE START TO DEVELOP OUT OUR NEW HOUSING POLICY.
AGAIN, TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE WOULD LIKE
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TO FOCUS IN ON EXPANDING LONG-TERM HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE PAIRED WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO ALSO PRIORITIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.AND LASTLY, TRY TO BETTER ALIGN THE WORK THAT WE DO UNDER OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO IN HOMELESSNESS TO, UM, INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE ACCESSING SHELTER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS TO MOVE OUT AND INTO AS THEY LEAVE SHELTER.
THIS IS A LIST OF OUR CURRENT ASSETS, UM, THAT WE STILL HAVE IN PROGRESS.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE PURCHASED FOUR PROPERTIES IN, UH, THE YEARS 20 TO 22 USING BOND FUNDS AND CRF FUNDING.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH NEXT STEPS FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS.
SO FOR 1950 FORT WORTH AVENUE, WE ARE, UM, ANTICIPATING THE DEVELOPER WILL RECEIVE THEIR ALLOCATION OF VOUCHERS IN JUNE, END OF MAY OR JUNE.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH UP TO 71 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT THE LOCATION FOR 41 50 INDEPENDENCE.
WE REJECTED THE PREVIOUS BIDS AND ARE NOW EXPLORING NEW DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING THE OPTION TO EXPAND THE PROJECT ONTO ADJACENT SITES AND GROW THAT HOUSING PROJECT.
AND THEN AT 29 29 SOUTH HAMPTON, WE ARE WORKING TO SELL THIS ASSET WITH THE INTENT TO REINVEST ANY PROCEEDS INTO ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEN FOR THE TWO, UM, SHELTERS HERE, FAMILY GATEWAY IS FULLY OPERATIONAL AND WE'VE INVESTED CAPITAL INTO REPAIRS FOR THE FACILITY TO EXTEND ITS LIFETIME AND FUNCTIONALITY.
THIS WORKS NEARING COMPLETION.
AND THEN FOR THE BRIDGE WE'RE ALSO, WHICH IS ALSO FULLY OPERATIONAL AS THE CITY'S ONLY LOW BARRIER OVERNIGHT SHELTER.
WE'VE SUPPORTED RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADES TO THE FACILITY AND CAMPUS TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY.
AND THIS WORKS ONGOING WITH THE BRIDGE.
SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE, UM, PURSUING.
WHAT, WHAT WE SEE AS A FUTURE OPPORTUNITY IS, UM, BASICALLY DEVELOPING OUR EXISTING CITY OWNED ASSETS.
WE WANT TO BECOME A VEHICLE IN THIS OFFICE TO, UM, DEVELOP BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY THE CITY ALREADY OWNS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR HOUSING FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING WAYS TO LEVERAGE LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS OR PUBLICLY OWNED LAND, UM, BY PAIRING LAND THAT WE ALREADY OWN WITH FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN RELEASE SITE SPECIFIC NOTICES OF FUNDING AVAILABLE OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO ADVANCE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, UM, AT SPECIFIC SITES.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE EXPLORING THE BEST WAYS TO INCREASE OUR SHELTER CAPACITY WITHIN THE CITY.
AGAIN, THIS COULD BE THROUGH, UM, NEW LOCATIONS.
THIS COULD BE THROUGH INVESTING IN EXISTING LOCATIONS.
AND, UM, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, OF COURSE, SHELTER PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN PROVIDING IMMEDIATE SAFETY AND STABILITY AND A CONNECTION POINTS TO SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOUSING CRISIS.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE NEXT STEPS ON THE HOUSING PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, WE PLAN TO ENGAGE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, TOWARD THEIR DISTRICTS.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND USE WHAT WE LEARN AND WHAT WE SEE TO HELP INFORM DALLAS' HOME HOUSING OR HOUSING POLICY.
UM, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE END OF OUR SLIDES AND I THINK WE WELCOME FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, COUNCILOR BASIL, DO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? OKAY.
VICE CHAIR BLAIR? UM, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
I I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS THAT WHAT WE WANNA DO IS FLIP OUR SHELTER BEDS MORE QUICKLY AND JUST INVESTING IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE OUTFLOW, UH, OF PLACES THAT PEOPLE COULD GO TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, TO NOT HAVE OUR SHELTERS BE FULL AND NOT TURNING OVER.
SO NOW I'M SEEING ALL OF THIS INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO INVEST A LOT MORE IN OUR SHELTER CAPACITY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I COULD STILL SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR, BUT I'M JUST HEARING MIXED MESSAGES.
AND, UM, AS WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST, UM, MONEY DEDICATED TO DEVELOPMENT, IT'S PARTICULARLY THE HEART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, THE SERVICES AND THE DIVERSION AND THE PREVENTIVE MESS METHODS ARE, ARE STILL VERY MUCH ENTWINED IN THE STRATEGY.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND AND ARE VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH HOUSING FORWARD.
AND THAT THE BEST WAY, UH, TO ADDRESS THIS IS TO HAVE EARLY INTERVENTIONS.
UM, AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THEIR METHOD
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TO USE THE SHELTERS AS LAUNCH PADS AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP IN THAT METHOD.UM, WE ARE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT.
WE HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INVESTED WITH GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF SERVICES AS WELL, ESTATE GRANTS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS LIKE PALLET HOMES, AND THERE'S A MEMO ABOUT THAT COMING UP, WHICH IS A TYPE OF SHELTER THAT ADDS CAPACITY IN, IN THE ENTIRE SPACE, AS WELL AS CONTINUING WHEN WE INVEST IN HOUSING TO HAVE THE UNITS RESERVED FOR LOWER AMIS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR MIGHT BE IN A SHELTER, ARE HOUSING READY.
AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THE HOLISTIC THING OF BRINGING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, WE PRESENT THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE INTERTWINED FOR DISCUSSION TODAY TO REAFFIRM THAT WE'RE STILL ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE OR CONTINUE OR TO TWEAK.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF LIKE WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE OF, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ADD THIS MUCH MORE SHELTER CAP, SHELTER CAPACITY WHILE ALSO GETTING INTO A QUICKER TURNOVER MODEL SO THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING IT.
THAT'S PART OF OUR, OUR NEXT STEP RESEARCH IS REALLY DIVING IN AND SUPPORTING OUR, OUR LEAD AGENCY, UH, HOUSING FORWARD AND, AND DOING THAT ASSESSMENT.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, MORE WORK TO BE DONE THERE.
WE HAVE MORE WORK TO BE DONE IN THE SHELTERS.
WE HAVE MORE WORK TO BE DONE ON PERMANENT HOUSING ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND SO, UH, ANY GIVEN YEAR MAY HAVE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, DIFFERENT, UH, EFFECTS THAT BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO HOMELESSNESS.
WE REHOUSE MORE PEOPLE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
SO IT'S, IT'S A CONTINUAL MODEL THAT WE LOOK TO INVEST IN.
AND THEN GOING TO SLIDE SIX, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE PRESENTED ABOUT BALANCES, WE GOT AN UPDATED FORM, UM, FROM HOUSING FORWARD THIS MORNING WITH SOME DIFFERENCES IN THAT.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE SURE THAT IF WE'RE TAKING THE TIME TO MEET THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT FIGURES.
A LOT OF, SOME OF OUR BALANCES ARE PULLED FROM OUR ACTUAL BUDGETING SYSTEM.
THEY MAY NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, INVOICES THAT ARE, UH, IN PROCESS OR RECENTLY APPROVED.
AND SO WE PULL OUR DATA AT A POINT IN TIME AND, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM.
SO YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT A VENDOR HAS POTENTIALLY INVOICES FOR, UH, COMPARED TO WHAT THE SYSTEM SHOWS.
AND THAT JUST COMES DOWN TO TIMING OF PRESENTATION.
AND WHEN WE PULLED DATA, WHEN DID YOU PULL THIS? UH, WE STARTED PULLING THESE BALANCES PROBABLY BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
AND SO THE FINAL NUMBERS GET RECONCILED MID MONTH.
AND SO THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A LITTLE DISCREPANCIES IN TERMS OF ACTUALS VERSUS WHAT A VENDOR HAS SUBMITTED.
WELL, MAYBE WE NEED ANOTHER COLUMN THEN, BECAUSE WHEN COUNCIL PEOPLE SEE THE WORD BALANCE
FOR, FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS NOT A UNENCUMBERED BALANCE.
THIS IS THE BALANCE ON THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.
AND SO THIS, THIS ONE, YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYBE WE TITLE IT DIFFERENTLY.
THIS IS SHOWING YOU THE, THE YEAR APPROVED, THE TERM OF THAT CONTRACT, THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT AND REMAINING ON THAT CONTRACT, NOT AN UNOBLIGATED BALANCE TO REPURPOSE.
THIS IS SOLELY COMMITTED FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE AND WHERE WE ARE AT ON SPENDING FOR THAT CONTRACT.
SO I MEAN, IT'S SAYING THAT HMIS IS FULLY ENCUMBERED.
UM, I MEAN THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF POINTS IN HERE.
AND SO WHEN I SEE THIS AND THEN I SEE THIS, IT'S LIKE WHEN WE COME IN HERE, YOU KNOW, FIGURES PULLED TWO AND A HALF, THREE WEEKS AGO, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE US TO SPEND OUR TIME ON A MORE CURRENT SNAPSHOT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT, BUT I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE JUST GET THERE.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE ON THAT, UH, GIVEN FINALIZATION OF PRESENTATIONS, POSTING SCHEDULES, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHEN YOU PULL DATA AND GET SOMETHING PREPARED FOR A COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I KEEP SEEING REFERENCES TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE CONSTRUCTING SOME OF THAT, BUT WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT GETTING AWAY FROM THAT A LITTLE.
AND HOUSING FORWARD WILL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN PLACE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR COMPLEX OR WHATEVER, THEY CAN BRING THE SERVICES THERE SO THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO INVEST IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR ASPECT OF IT.
THEY CAN, WE CAN INVEST IN THE SERVICES PART OF IT.
SO WHEN I SEE THAT REFERENCED, IS THAT JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE WANNA HAVE SOME OF THAT STILL THAT WE ARE CREATING OR WHAT? SO THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE ASPECTS TO IT.
UM, OUR RENTAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SHORT UNITS RESERVED FOR PEOPLE LESS THAN 50% A MI.
UM, THAT'S CAN BE VERY SIMILAR POPULATION TO THOSE THAT MIGHT BE COMING IN AND OUTTA HOMELESSNESS OR HAVE COME IN AND HAVE DIFFERENT SERVICES.
SO THE UNITS THAT WE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ON THE MARKET CAN BE PART OF THAT.
NOW THERE ARE AVAILABLE UNITS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AT DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS AND SO THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THERE'S THE CONTINUED NEED TO UNDERSTAND OUR POPULATION, CURRENT INCOMES, CURRENT HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONS, UH, TO PRODUCE THE UNITS SET ASIDE FOR LOWER AMIS.
THE TERM PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING STILL HAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT THEIR SERVICES
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ON SITE PULLED.AND SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT JUST SUPPORTIVE UNITS OR UNITS RESERVED FOR CERTAIN A MI GROUPS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT MIGHT BE A LITECH THAT ARE SUPPORTING THAT, THAT UM, UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL THROUGH THAT SYSTEM ARE HAVING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HOUSING FORWARD FOR THOSE REFERRALS.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE SYSTEM AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE UNITS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE COMING OUTTA HOMELESSNESS.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING SO THAT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, IT'S NOT SUGGESTING WE'RE JUST PICKING BACK UP AND INVESTING A LOT THERE, BUT WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST AGAIN DOING IT RIGHT.
I MEAN, JUST TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND MAKING THESE DOLLARS GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO STARTING WITH, UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT YOU'RE SHOWING FOR CURRENT HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, THESE NUMBERS, UM, IN THIS TOTAL DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, UM, COC ALLOCATION THAT THEY RECEIVED DIRECTLY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND WHAT IS THAT ANNUAL AMOUNT? DO NOT HAVE THAT FIGURE HANDY, BUT WE CAN PULL FROM THE AUDIENCE.
WOULD YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER, SARAH? HI, SARAH CONN HOUSING FORWARD, UM, SO DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, UH, HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM HAS AN ESTIMATED $72 MILLION TOTAL.
50 MILLION OF THAT IS BROUGHT IN THROUGH THE FEDERAL CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S OUR BULK OF SUSTAINABLE FUNDING THAT COMES INTO THE COMMUNITY EACH YEAR.
SO 50 MILLION FOR DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES? YES.
THE HOMELESS SPONSOR AND 72 THAT WHAT, WHAT'S THE OTHER 22 MILLION? UH, THE 72 IS JUST CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CITIES AND DALLAS COUNTY.
HISTORICALLY, THAT NUMBER WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THIS YEAR WITH THE NEW INVESTMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE DOLLARS COMING TO HOUSING FORWARD OR THEY'RE DOLLARS GOING TO COMING TO THE HOMELESS MEMBERS, COC PUBLIC DOLLARS GOING TO THE HOMELESS REHOUSING SYSTEM FROM THE REMAINING CITIES WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY, SORRY, WITH THE CITIES WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY AND THE COUNTY ITSELF.
SO THE 22 MILLION THEN WOULD BE DUPLICATED BASED ON WHAT'S ALREADY IN HERE, MEANING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ITEM IN HERE FOR, UM, FOR HOUSING FORWARD FOR, UM, LET'S, LET'S PULL ONE, HERE WE GO.
UM, HERE'S ONE FOR $2.5 MILLION FOR REAL TIME HOUSING OUTREACH.
RIGHT? IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
YOU'RE COUNTING THAT AS PART OF THE 22 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
THAT 72, UM, IT'S ON SLIDE EIGHT OF OUR PRESENTATION.
SO THE 50 MILLION IS FEDERAL DOLLARS? YES.
THERE'S A 50, I MEAN, THAT IS, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER $49 MILLION ANNUALLY THAT COMES IN THE COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY FROM FEDERAL.
AND THAT IS THE SUSTAINABLE BULK OF THE SUSTAINABLE MONEY COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY WITH THE CITY, YOU'RE NOT COUNTING ANY OF HER DIRECT DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING AND AND THIS IS LIKE THROUGH YOUR AAR APPLICATION, ALL THAT, RIGHT? PARDON? THIS IS THROUGH THE, THE, THE, THE COCS APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO EVERY YEAR WE, ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE APPOINTED LEAD AGENCY IS FACILITATING A COLLABORATIVE APPLICATION FOR FUNDING EACH YEAR, WHICH INCLUDES A COMMUNITY-WIDE APPLICATION AND THEN PROJECTS THAT ARE RECEIVING FUNDING.
AND SO WE DELIVER A NARRATIVE ON BEHALF OF DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED ON BY HUD.
AND SO THOSE DOLLARS, UM, FLOW THROUGH YOUR AGENCY BUT GO DIRECTLY TO THOSE RECIPIENTS? CORRECT? YES.
A PORTION OF 'EM WE DIRECT DIRECTLY WITH HUD AND ANOTHER PORTION OF THOSE GO, THEIR CONTRACTS GO DIRECTLY TO AGENCIES, BUT GENERALLY IT'S ALL UNDER ONE UMBRELLA FOR HUD SORT OF PROMOTES A UNIFIED STRATEGY.
UM, SO FUNDING THAT CAN PROMOTE THE GOALS OF THAT UNIFIED STRATEGY.
SO I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS WE HAVE, UM, STARTING ON PAGE $6, UM, 6, 7, 8, 9, ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS, UM, ARE NOT DUPLICATE DUPLICATIVE
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OF THE 50 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY JUST UNDER 50 MILLION THAT THE COC IS GETTING.BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ONLY LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND AND THEY SAY, WOW, YOU'RE REALLY NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR HOMELESSNESS.
BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE TOTALITY OF THE INVESTMENT.
AND OF COURSE THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE, UM, PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL, UM, BOTH CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL AND FOUNDATION.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO HELP A POPULATION.
UM, YOUR MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME SAID HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREET? SO THE 2025 POINT IN TIME COUNT SHOWED THAT AT A POINT IN TIME THERE'S 3,500 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND OF THOSE LIVING ON THE STREET.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO BUILD A SYSTEM FOR WHAT THE SYSTEM IS MANAGING OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
AND LAST YEAR THERE WERE 10,800 HOUSEHOLDS WHO NEEDED INTERVENTION TO BE ABLE TO EXIT HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND THAT'S GROWN BY 88%, 20 IN 2025 OVER 2021.
AND SO THE NEED IS GREATER THAN EVER.
AND WE'VE, BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, BEEN ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED WITH STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS THAT HOLD AT BAY LARGE, SORT OF INCREASES IN STREET HOMELESSNESS.
SO THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAVE MADE HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL IN PREVENTING HUGE SURGES OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AS DEMAND, YOU KNOW, IS RECORD HIGH.
WE TOTALLY AGREE THAT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT DOES NOT, THAT NUMBER DOES NOT REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IN A YEAR.
AND OFTEN IT IS CONFLATED TO MEAN, WOW, THIS IS HOW MANY HOMELESS THEY HAVE IN A YEAR.
UM, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
MOVING TO SLIDE 12, UM, YOU HAVE THIS BOTH IN THE HOUSING PRESENTATION AND HOMELESSNESS, AND I'M ASKING ABOUT IT IN THIS ONE, BUT YOU CAN ANSWER FOR BOTH IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE TAX, ABOUT THE TIF FUNDS, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUNDS, WHICH TIFS SPECIFICALLY ARE, UM, USING FUNDS FOR HOME REPAIR AND HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. AND SINCE THAT'S THE, THE DESCRIPTOR YOU HAVE, UM, INTERESTED WHY YOU HAVE THIS FOR HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.
YEAH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UH, I THINK THIS WAS JUST A CARRY OVER TO SHOW THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME PROGRAMS OF, OF OVERLAP, MAYBE NOT INTENDED FOR THE DIRECT PURPOSE OF, OF SERVING OUR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.
UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY SERVING PARTS OF DISTRICT ONE AND FOUR.
UH, WE HAVE THE DEEP ELM TIFF SERVING PARTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE FOR WORTH AVENUE, THE FORT WORTH AVENUE, UM, TIFF DISTRICT.
AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE THEY? THEY'RE DOING HOME REPAIR, CORRECT.
HOME REPAIR AND OR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
AND SO THOSE THREE TIF DISTRICTS WORKED ON EXCESS TIF REVENUE, UH, DEDICATED TO AREAS OF IMPACT OF THAT TIF DISTRICT.
SO OUTSIDE OF THE TIF BOUNDARIES SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND THOSE, THOSE CONTRACTS ARE PART OF THE OVERALL HOME REPAIR CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LIKE GENERAL FUND MONEY FROM HOME REPAIR FROM PAST YEARS DEDICATED TO LIKE SENIOR SERVICES.
ALSO PART OF THE MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
THE FEE IN LIEU PROGRAM, PART OF THAT MONEY WAS DEDICATED TO AN EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE AN UPCOMING PROCUREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE FEDERAL TIFF PROCUREMENT THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW THAT PROGRAM TYPICALLY WORKS.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR, I HOPE YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT THE COUNTY ALREADY PROVIDES? THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT PRESENTATION OF COURSE.
UM, THE THING I WAS INTERESTED THAT YOU DON'T HAVE UNDER HERE AS A FUNDING SOURCE IS PI MONEY.
UM, 'CAUSE CERTAINLY WE KNOW, UM, DDI IS SPENDING SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT HOUSING PEOPLE, UM, BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE CONNECTING THEM TO SHELTER AND GETTING THEM EMERGENCY SERVICES WHEN NECESSARY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT TIF WAS INCLUDED BECAUSE THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY VOTES ON THAT, BUT WE ALSO VOTE ON PIDS AND AS WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT STIPENDS FOR THE PIS, UM, PERHAPS THAT STIPEND CHANGE TO CHANGES TO SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC THAT'S PROGRAMMATIC WITHIN THE PI.
MEANING IF THERE'S A WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS, UM, A STIPEND AS JUST AN OVERLY GENEROUS, UM, EXPENSE, PERHAPS THE COUNCIL IS MORE WILLING TO SAY, WE DON'T WANNA DO IT AS A STIPEND, HOWEVER,
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WE DO WANNA FUND YOUR HOMELESS RESPONSE.'CAUSE I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
UM, AND THEREFORE WE'D LIKE TO CARVE OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT IS TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, UM, JUST AS, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AN ITEM TO ADD TO, UM, YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, UNDER THE UNOBLIGATED BALANCED STRATEGY, YOU'VE GOT STRATEGY, OPPORTUNITIES AND PRIORITIES.
AND THE THING THAT'S MISSING IN HERE IS PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE VERY STRONG PERFORMANCE MEASURES, GOALS AND OUTCOMES FOR ALL THESE PLACES THAT WE'RE GIVING FUNDING TO.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY HMIS PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
WE DON'T SEE ANY KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW HOW FREQUENTLY THE SYSTEM GOES DOWN.
WE DON'T SEE THEIR, UM, THEIR UPDATES.
WE DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, OTHER KINDS OF, ANY ANYHOW, THAT'S MISSING.
UM, I ALSO DON'T SEE WHERE WE HAVE ANYTHING ON HERE ABOUT TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS AND, UM, I, I'M A BIG FAN OF TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS, BUT GUESS WHAT? RIGHT NOW, SO IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE HOMELESS SYSTEM, WHICH HAS BEEN HOUSING FIRST ONLY EXCLUSIVELY PIVOT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA CHASE THE MONEY.
AND SO WE NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER THAT THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY IS PIVOTING TO.
AND, UM, TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS HAVE, UM, I WOULD SAY MUCH MORE, UH, UH, VALIDATED RESPONSE, UH, UH, OUTCOME MEASURES BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO, BECAUSE THE MONEY HAS NOT BEEN AS AVAILABLE.
AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IF THE CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO FUND PROGRAMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THAT ARE SERVING DALLAS RESIDENTS.
WE'VE SEEN REPEATEDLY PROGRAMS, UM, JUST RECENTLY WITH OUR CALLINGS, UM, OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
MORE THAN HALF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM ARE COMING OUT OF DALLAS.
THEY WILL BE STABLY HOUSED FOREVER.
AND INVESTING IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE ONE MIGHT TURN IT IN A NEGATIVE WAY AND SAY, WELL, YOU'RE JUST SHIPPING PEOPLE OUT, THE TRUTH IS THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT WAS ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED EASIER OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND THEREFORE IT WAS.
AND IF THEY CAN SERVE DALLAS RESIDENTS IN THAT WAY, I THINK IT'S AT LEAST WORTHY OF THE DEBATE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE I'LL SAY ON THE CURRENT ASSETS, UH, TAKING THE BRIDGE OFF OFF THE PAGE FOR A SECOND, THESE ARE FOUR PROPERTIES WE INVESTED IN TO PROVIDE, UH, LONG TIME EITHER EMERGENCY SHELTER OR LONG-TERM HOUSING FOR PEOPLE.
AND I WOULD SAY WE'VE BEEN LARGELY UNSUCCESSFUL EXCEPT FOR THE FAMILY GATEWAY ONE.
UM, AND EVEN THE FAMILY GATEWAY ONE, WE SPENT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NOT FOR REPAIRS, AS IF THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED.
BUT BECAUSE WE DID NOT DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN BUYING THAT PROPERTY, THERE WERE PROBLEMS THAT WERE, UM, ENCOUNTERED THAT HAD TO BE REMEDIATED.
THE FORT WORTH AVENUE, THE LAST PRESENTATION SAYS THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN IN MARCH.
WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THAT STATUSES? WE'RE STILL AWAITING THE CONFIRMATION OF COUNTY VOUCHERS FOR THE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS ON THE PROJECT.
SO SPECIFICALLY I HAD SAID, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T GET VOUCHERS? 'CAUSE THEY WERE RELYING ON THAT AND YOU, WE WERE TOLD THIS WOULD GO FORWARD NO MATTER WHAT.
SO WHAT IF COUNTY VOUCHERS DON'T COME FOR A YEAR? IF THE AWARD IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, UM, IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, THEN THE PROJECT WILL NEED TO BE PUT BACK OUT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
THIS PURCHASE HAPPENED IN 2020, UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN 2026 AND WE HAVE NO PEOPLE HELPED.
THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INDICATIVE OF HOW BAD WE ARE AT REAL ESTATE.
AND WE SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPING THESE PROGRAMS. WE MUST, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, WE WERE PROMISED A CHECKLIST.
WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THAT CHECKLIST OF, IT'S NOT FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT, IT'S FROM CITY MANAGEMENT BEFORE WE PURSUE ANYTHING ELSE, HAVEN'T HAD IT.
AND SECOND IS WE HAVE TO TURN OVER THESE PROJECTS TO PROFESSIONALS WHO ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO DEVELOP AND ACTUALLY MAKE THEM HAPPEN.
AND EVEN OUR MOST TRUSTED NONPROFITS.
SO WE HAD CITY SQUARE WHO'S NOT EVEN IN OPERATION ANYMORE.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WHICH HAS SUCCESSFULLY, UH, MANAGED SOME OTHER PROJECTS, NOT ABLE TO DO IT.
WE CAN'T KEEP SPENDING MONEY LIKE THIS.
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YOU HAVE THE BRIDGE ON HERE.UM, I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE EFFORTS TO MOVE THE BRIDGE OUT OF DOWNTOWN? WE'RE AWARE OF CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE IN THE MEDIA, BUT NOTHING DIRECTLY ABOUT MOVING THE BRIDGE.
WELL IT'S, IT'S BEYOND CONVERSATIONS IN THE MEDIA AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT INVESTING MORE DOLLARS IN THAT BUILDING WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS BY POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MAKE A VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
AND, UM, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM COME BRIEF TO THIS COUNCIL SOMETIME VERY SOON.
MOVING TO NUMBER 18, THIS IS, UM, DEVELOPED CITY OWNED LAND AND LAND BANK PROGRAMS. WHAT'S COMPLETELY MISSING FROM HERE IS ANY EFFORT ON SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOUSING.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO PROVIDE, UM, HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE, DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED A TAX ABATEMENT, BUT IT MIGHT.
BUT THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY WITH DIGNITY, BUT ALSO WITH COMMUNITY.
AND WE ARE COMPLETELY MISSING THIS TYPE OF HOUSING.
UM, AND SECOND IS THE TINY HOME VILLAGES, AGAIN, IT'S NOT EVEN MENTIONED ON HERE.
AND THERE'S A REAL EFFORT NOT JUST AMONGST THE COUNCIL, BUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO US SO THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS.
UM, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT THE EFFORT THAT EVERY DISTRICT WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF HOUSING, UH, HOMELESS FACILITY, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL APPROACH? WE'RE SEEKING, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE ON, IF THAT'S STILL THE WILL OF COUNSEL IN LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR EVERY DISTRICT.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, PRIORITIES CHANGE, OPPORTUNITIES CHANGE, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES, GIVE A CLEAR SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S BEING INVESTED IN, AND THEN SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK TO HELP REFINE OUR STRATEGY SO THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER THAT PLAN, DEVELOP WHAT DE DALLAS' HOME IS ALL ABOUT IN TERMS OF OUR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY AND PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU THAT REFLECTS THE, THE FEEDBACK AND YOUR PRIORITIES.
UM, BUT I'LL SAY THAT IF YOU AREN'T TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO MOVE THE BRIDGE AND TURN IT INTO A MASSIVE, UM, FULL SERVICE HOMELESS COMPLEX, THEN THERE'S REALLY NO POINT OF OF GOING FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE IT MAY BE THAT THE CAPACITY OF THE NEW FACILITY WOULD BE SUCH THAT IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE NEEDED EVERYWHERE ELSE.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE, UH, SARAH, YOU HAVE A NEW BOARD CHAIR FROM THE CITIZENS COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
YEAH, THERE'S A REASON SHE HAS A BOARD CHAIR FROM THE CITIZENS' COUNCIL THAT'S EXTREMELY INTENTIONAL AND WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU MIND IF I REACT TO A COUPLE OF THE POINTS THAT YOU MADE? WELL, YOU'RE REALLY NOT ON THE BRIEFING.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD ON A FEW THINGS IF THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
I'M SORRY IF IF SOMEBODY HAD A SPECIFIC QUESTION, FOR INSTANCE, WE ASKED FOR THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, BUT YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE BRIEFING.
WELL, I I'M WILLING TO ASK FOR, UH, SOME CLARIFICATION IF YOU'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS CLARIFICATION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD ON A FEW THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING A SINGLE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH.
UM, WE OPERATE A SYSTEM THAT MATCHES EACH HOUSEHOLD WITH AN INTERVENTION BASED ON THEIR NEEDS, WHETHER THAT'S SHELTER, TREATMENT, INSTITUTIONAL CARE, WHERE NEEDED.
IT'S A SYSTEM THAT'S BUILT ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESULTS.
UH, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY INTERVENTION LEADS TO STABILITY IS THE NUMBER ONE GOAL.
UM, IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE MODEL, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WORKS TO HELP PEOPLE GET.
I'M GONNA OFF THE STREET AND STAY UP THE STREET.
WE HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE FOR THIS BRIEFING.
WAS JUST, AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF OUR ALIGNMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES, THE REASON WE'VE BEEN BEEN ABLE TO IN, TO INCREASE OUR PORTFOLIO IS BECAUSE OF HOW ALIGNED WE ARE WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF FOCUSING ON STREET HOMELESSNESS, UNMANAGED MENTAL HEALTH, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY IS ABSOLUTELY AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ON THE RECORD.
OKAY, WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
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YEAH.WE PRESENT TO YOU TODAY A MEMO ON, UM, NON CONGREGATE SHELTER PATE SHELTER UPDATE.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WITH PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT PATE SHELTERS CAN BE A SOLE SOURCE VENDOR WITH THEIR MODEL, UH, TO DESIGN BUILD, UH, NON CONGREGATE SHELTER ON A SITE IDENTIFIED IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
UH, WE LAY OUT THE TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT, UH, BOND FUNDING, UM, CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENT UPGRADES TO THAT SITE.
UH, WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT SOME ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UH, FUNDS UNDER PUBLIC FACILITIES CAN ALSO BE USED FOR SOME OF THAT CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED AS OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE MONEY FOR THE, UH, PROVIDER THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PROCURED, UH, TO DO THE ONSITE, UM, SERVICES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LONG-TERM COMPLIANCE.
WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TXDOT ON, UH, A WAY TO ENTER INTO A LONG-TERM GROUND LEASE SO THAT ALL OF THOSE AVAILABLE FUNDS CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE OFFER THIS TODAY AS AN UPDATE.
UH, CONTINUE TO SEEK GUIDANCE FROM YOU GIVEN WHERE WE ARE AT WITH FUNDING.
SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO SOURCE POTENTIAL FUNDS FOR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE TO ENSURE THAT ANY PROVIDER, UH, CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN OPERATION OF THIS TYPE OF COMPLEX.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I ALSO HAVE A TEAM OF PLANNERS AND EXPERTS BACK HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE PROJECT.
SO WHAT WE NEED IS OPERATIONAL LAUNCH MONEY OR TO IDENTIFY THIS.
SO I KNOW THAT TWO YEARS AGO, SEVERAL OF US TOURED IN LOS ANGELES, THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAD WITH PALLET HOMES, AND THEY HAD THEIR HOMES SPONSORED FOR A LOW RATE COMPARED TO DALLAS'S PHILANTHROPIC GENEROSITY.
THEY WERE CHARGING LIKE TWO OR $3,000 A HOME FOR SPONSORSHIP.
AND SO ARE WE ENTERTAINING, UM, A MODEL LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE WANNA TIE OPERATIONAL, UH, FUNDING TO AN ONGOING SOURCE OF REVENUE SO THAT IT'S NOT THREATENED, WE STILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS.
AND I MEAN, IT'S NOT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I MEAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY GET AT LEAST HALFWAY THERE WITH, UM, A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
I THINK ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HAVE STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PHILANTHROPY SO FAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CITYWIDE EFFORT WOULD REALLY NEED, IN MY OPINION, TO BE LAUNCHED BY A CHAMPION, A PROVIDER THAT IS WILLING TO TAKE THIS PROJECT ON.
UM, GIVEN WHERE WE ARE TO DATE AND FEEDBACK TODAY, WE CAN CONTINUE, WE CAN LOOK AT WAYS TO LAUNCH A PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A FUTURE OPERATOR VENDOR THAT COMES WITH A FUNDRAISING ASK.
UM, AND TO EXPLORE THAT TYPE OF MODEL AND OPERATIONAL MODEL.
WELL, AND I THINK PALETTE ACTUALLY HAS A MODEL, OR THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL THE LEARNING THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOTTEN ON, ON HOW COMMUNITIES CAN GO ABOUT FINANCING OR FUNDING SOME OF THE THIS.
HAVE WE EXPLORED THAT WITH THEM? WE, WE HAVE, AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL MODELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UH, THEY'VE REFERRED US TO THE MODEL OUT OF TAMPA.
UH, THAT MAY BE OUR, OUR CLOSEST, UM, MODEL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP HERE.
UH, MR. ARMSTRONG HERE, HIS POINT ON THIS HAS BEEN HAVING MORE OF THOSE DEEPER CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE OPERATIONAL MODEL BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE MISSION TO HOPE IS ANOTHER REALLY GOOD ONE IN LA BUT, UM, IT'S HOW WE GET THAT, THAT MONEY INFUSED INTO THIS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SO LONG AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT IT'S THIS CLOSE AND LAND'S IDENTIFIED AND THAT WE'VE FIGURED OUT THE, YOU KNOW, HOW TO MAKE THESE PERMANENT SO WE CAN HELP REDUCE OUR NUMBER FOR HUD AND SHOW PROGRESS.
BUT IT'S THIS OPERATIONAL PART THAT WE KNOW HAS BEEN LOOMING BEFORE US.
AND WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN THIS WAY TODAY JUST TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE WHERE WE, WE BELIEVE WE'VE SOLVED SOME OF THE, THE ZONING, BUILDING PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, UM, COVERAGES.
AND SO WANTED TO PRESENT THAT, UM, THIS UPDATE FOR YOU TODAY.
UM, THOR, I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BAIDU AND I AS WELL AS I THINK EVERYBODY OVER THERE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THAT MEETING AS WELL AS JACK IRELAND.
WE HAD IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN OPERATIONAL FUNDS.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE NOT TIED INTO THAT, UM, HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU OFFLINE.
UM, I HAVE TOURED THE TAMPA OPERATION, UM, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER OF THE PALETTE AS WELL AS OTHER TINY HOME VILLAGES.
UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BASAL DUA AND I, UM, BOTH FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
UM, I KNOW TXDOT IS LOOKING AT, UH, REMOVING A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS ON THAT SITE TO MAKE IT FLOW BETTER.
I THINK ONE OF THEM HAD HAD A FIRE, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE AT THE TOUR OF THE SITE.
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THEIR AUSTIN LOCATION WHERE THEY DID THIS TINY HOME VILLAGE, UH, ESPANZA, THEY, UH, THEY LEASED THAT TO AUSTIN FOR $1 A MONTH.AND SO I KNOW I'VE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH TXDOT THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE SAME DEAL, SO WE CAN AFFORD THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE IS A LIST OF PROVIDERS THAT PALATE HAS PARTNERED WITH NONPROFITS, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE PROVIDED THAT TO YOU.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE CAN BE, IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY ARE A SOLE SOURCE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE CAN BE AN OUTREACH TO THEM, ANYBODY ON THAT LIST SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THIS IN DALLAS.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PURSUING THAT? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'LL PUT TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND WHO THE PERSPECTIVE, UH, BIDDERS MIGHT BE AND CAN AND CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE THAT FORWARD NOW.
WELL, I'M SAYING EVEN BEFORE A PROCUREMENT TO SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THIS, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE SIGNED UP TO EVEN GET NOTIFIED BY OUR SYSTEM THAT THERE IS A PROCUREMENT.
AND YOU KNOW, A BONUS WOULD BE IF WE END UP WITH A NONPROFIT THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY OPERATING IN DALLAS AND WE BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD.
WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF NONPROFITS CAPABLE OF THIS.
AND IT MAY END UP EVEN BEING A STARTUP THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN SOME PLACES THEY'VE HAD SORT OF A CONGLOMERATION OF DIFFERENT GROUPS COME TOGETHER.
THE, UM, THE TAMPA HOPES THAT'S RUNNING THE TAMPA SITE STARTED WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, BUT THEN CONVERTED INTO ITS OWN.
SO, UM, UM, I, I AGREE WITH, WITH, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROAM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'VE SENT A LETTER TO, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, TO OUR, UH, HOUSE AND SENATE DELEGATION, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE PURSUING THIS WITH TXDOT SO THAT THEY COULD ASSIST AND HELP ADVOCATE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS LAND.
IT SEEMS TO BE WELL-SUITED, UM, WITHOUT ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.
AND, UM, SO ANYHOW, IT, I THINK IT'S EXCITING.
IT NEEDS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK THAT YOU'LL FIND COUNCIL MEMBER BA AND I, UM, ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS QUITE REGULARLY.
COUNCIL BLAIR, UH, MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE, UM, THAT FOR THE TECHNICAL, FROM THE ZONING PERSPECTIVE, I GUESS YOU GUYS SAY WONDER WHY.
UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT THE LA BASED ON WHAT'S WRITTEN, THAT THE LAND IS CURRENTLY ZONED, IM, AND THIS IS PREFAB, UH, HOUSING THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT ON SITE AND PUT TOGETHER ON THAT PARTICULAR SITE, UM, IS ZONED IM, BUT YOU, AND YOU SAID THAT HOTEL UNDER, IM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IS A USE THAT IS APPLICABLE TO THAT PARTICULAR SITE.
UM, THIS SITE ALSO HAD, DID RESTRICTION MAKE IT LOWER, BUT HOTEL AND MOTEL WILL BE ALLOWED, I WOULDN'T CALL IT HOUSING PER SE, BUT IT IS, IT'S A DIFFERENT MODEL, BUT HOTEL AND MOTEL, UH, ARE PERMITTED ON THE SITE ZONED AS I AM, CORRECT? YES.
AND THERE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS DO NOT RESTRICT OUT LA UM, THAT TYPE WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY ZOOM OUT QUITE A FEW USES, BUT HOTELS AND MOTEL ARE ALLOWED ON THE SITE.
UM, SO YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING, SO YOU DON'T SIT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY ZONING CHANGES IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK.
AND, AND, BUT I THOUGHT IF YOU BROUGHT IN FREE PREFAB, AND PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF I'M INCORRECT OR IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, IF YOU'RE BRINGING IN PREFABRICATED, UM, HOUSING THAT THE ZONING NEEDED TO BE, UM, MH INSTEAD OF IM MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTEAD OF IM, I I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ANYTHING THAT WAS PREFABBED AND WAS MANUFACTURED HOUSING AND IT WAS NOT ANY OTHER TYPE OF ZONING.
I I THINK THAT'S MORE LIKE A BUILDING CODE.
UH, WE, WE DID LOOK, THAT WOULD BE ZONING.
IF IT, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE MH AND OUR CODE SAYS THAT MH IS
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IF YOU BRING IN PREFAB, I HAVE ANOTHER AND, AND I HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT I, THAT WAS BEING LOOKED AT IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND THEY, THE, YOUR, THE PLANNER TOLD THEM BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING IN PREFABRICATED MATERIAL AND BUILD IT FOR, FOR HOUSING PURPOSES, IT HAD TO BE ZONED MH AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE.UH, THIS IS ABU THIS IS A NOT, UH, MANUFACTURED HOUSING PER SE.
IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER THEY MEET THE LOCAL BUILDING CODE OR NOT.
IF IT IS MEETING LOCAL BUILDING CODE, WHICH IS MANUFACTURED OFFSITE, IF THEY MEET LOCAL BUILDING CODE IS CONSIDERED, UH, JUST REGULAR.
IT'S NOT LIKE MANUFACTURE HOME, ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, THEY ARE NOT THIS, IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC HOUSING.
THEY WILL BE MODULE AND WE HAVE TO LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT, THAT'S WHY WE BEING HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH THE HOUSING, TRYING TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY BEING, UM, UH, BUILT THERE, INCLUDING WHETHER YOU HAVE ELECTRIC WIRE WARE OR YOU CAN WEAR ON SITE.
ALL OF THOSE DETAIL WE HAVE TO LEARN A BIT MORE.
BUT TECHNICALLY THE ZONING, UH, ALLOW THIS TYPE OF USE.
AND I WOULD STRESS THAT THIS IS NOT HOUSING.
THIS IS A NON CONGREGATE SHELTER THAT'LL OPERATE A CABIN TYPE HOTEL.
AND SO IT MAY BE A PENNY HOTEL, A RESIDENT THAT STAYS THE NIGHT, MAY, MAY HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN ORDER TO STAY, BUT IT WOULD BE AN ALLOWED USE AS A CABIN TIGHT HOTEL, AS A NON CONGREGATE SHELTER.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE, UH, THE LONG TERM RENTAL OPTION.
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE THAT TRANSITIONAL STAY.
IT'S AN ADDITIONAL MODEL TO BEING IN THE SHELTER.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THIS PROJECT.
UM, I HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF DESIGN NEED AND WE ARE BEING, AND WHAT'S BEING EXPRESSED IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED HERE.
AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE ABSOLUTELY THE SAME TYPE OF USE.
SO I GUESS I'LL TAKE THIS CONVERSATION OFFLINE 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SPEND THE TIME HERE.
AND I WILL HAVE A VERY DETAILED CONVERSATION WITH P AND Z IN ORDER TO BEST UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO A GOOD THING, BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING IT CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE CITY AND NOT JUST FOR ONE PARTICULAR AREA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO.
THIS IS THE UPDATE ON DALLAS CITY CODE SECTIONS 28 6 D 1.1, STANDING AND WALKING IN CERTAIN AREAS PROHIBITED IN 28 63 0.3 SOLICITATION OF OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS PROHIBITED.
THIS REALLY IS A CHECK-IN TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THESE ORDINANCES AND UPDATE.
DID YOU HAVE INFORMATION YOU WANTED TO PRESENT OR YOU JUST WANTED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS? AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK I LIKE THIS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS BEING ENFORCED.
UM, WE FIND IT A LOT NEAR OUR OFF RAMPS AND IT JUST NOT ONLY TEARS UP WHAT, WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN YOU, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDREN TRYING TO SOLICIT AND THEY'RE STEPPING INTO THE STREETS OR THEY, THEY'RE BLOCKING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
SO I LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS.
UM, WELL AGAIN, THIS WAS PURPOSELY PUT ON THIS AGENDA TO DOVETAIL WITH YESTERDAY'S VISION ZERO CONVERSATION AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, UM, AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
WHAT WE SEE, AND THE REASON FOR THESE ITEMS IS REALLY THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE STANDING AND SITTING IN THE MEDIAN AS WELL AS THE SAFETY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOLICITATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, AND OF COURSE IT'S ALL KINDS OF SOLICITATIONS, I MEAN ALL KINDS.
UM, SO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOLICITATION SIDE.
ARE WE ENFORCING THE STANDING AND SITTING AND SLEEPING IN THE MEDIAN OR ARE YOU WAITING, I THINK THERE'S STILL ONE APPEAL THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE GROUP THAT WAS SUING.
IS THAT TRUE? YES, BUT WE ARE TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON THE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE SINCE ITS INCEPTION
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IN 2022.UM, BASICALLY SINCE THE INCEPTION OF 2022, WE HAVE WRITTEN, UH, MORE THAN 1500 CITATIONS THAT, UH, ORDINANCE ALONE AND THAT WE'VE HAD WELL OVER A THOUSAND ARRESTS ON THAT ORDINANCE.
YEAH, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THIS WAS COMING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S SO VISIBLE TO ME ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERALLY, THEY'RE NOT SOLICITING, SOLICITING ANYTHING.
THEY'RE LITERALLY JUST SITTING OR SLEEPING OR JUST HANGING OUT IN THE MEDIANS.
AND IT'S SO SCARY AS A DRIVER, UM, WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST AN INCH FROM THAT CURB AND YOU SEE THE CURB HAS ALL THOSE BLACK MARKS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HID IT AND THEIR, THEIR PRECIOUS LIFE IS AT RISK.
AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HAVE SUDDENLY BRAKED SO THAT I, I COULD BE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY HAVING A SEIZURE? ARE THEY OKAY, ARE THEY SLEEPING? I MEAN, LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? UM, WHICH HAS CREATED A BACKLOG OF CARS BEHIND ME WHO ALSO THEN HAVE TO BREAK VERY SHORTLY.
UM, DO YOU FEEL LIKE DPD IS ABLE AND IS ADDRESSING THE SLEEPING, STANDING, SITTING IN THE MEDIAN ORDINANCE? YES.
THE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE ITSELF IS LIKE, THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY APPROACHING VEHICLES REQUESTING MONEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S A SEPARATE ORDINANCE.
BUT IF THEY'RE JUST SLEEPING, WE CAN UTILIZE OTHER CITY ORDINANCE FOR LIKE SLEEPING IN PUBLIC OR, UH, A CRIMINAL TRESPASS DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LOCATION TO TAKE THOSE ENFORCEMENTS.
SO THE OFFICERS DO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE, UH, MEANS AND RESOURCES TO TAKE ACTION DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, WHAT'S GOING ON, IF THEY'RE JUST SLEEPING.
SO IF YOU'RE A PATROL OFFICER AND YOU'RE DRIVING BY AND THERE'S A GUY JUST SITTING IN THE MEDIAN, RIGHT, HE'S MAYBE GOT A LITTLE STOOL OR SOMETHING, HE'S NOT SOLICITING, HE'S JUST SITTING THERE.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR WAY TO A CALL, THAT AN OFFICER IS STOPPING AND SAYING, HEY DUDE, YOU CAN'T BE HERE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE? OR IS IT THAT THEY'RE CALLING IN FOR THE HEART TEAM? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING ON THAT SIDE? I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT, UH, CHAIR, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK VIAL.
SO, UH, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I MEAN, YES, PATROL OFFICERS DO STOP AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY THAT WE TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON THAT STUFF, BUT AT LEAST TELLING THEM TO GET OFF THE MEDIAN, UH, AT LEAST HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE IN MENTAL CRISIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CALL RIGHT CARE OR IF THEY'RE, UH, DANGER THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, THERE'S OTHER AVENUES SUCH AS A PAL THAT WE CAN, UH, TAKE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE MEDIAN.
BUT UM, OBVIOUSLY IF WE'RE EN ROUTE TO A HIGHER PRIORITY CALL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA BALANCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE CALL OR WHETHER DEAL WITH THE INDIVIDUAL IF IT, THEY'RE NOT A REAL SAFETY HAZARD AT THAT MOMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA KIND OF PRIORITIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT INSTANCE AND WE WANT YOU TO, UM, DO YOU THINK IT'S EFFECTIVE FOR RESIDENTS TO CALL 3 1 1 WHEN THEY SEE THAT? YES, MA'AM.
WE DO LOOK AT THE 3 1 1 DATABASE AND 9 1 1 DATABASE TO LOOK AT THOSE CALLS WHERE WE, UH, ALONG WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS, WE COLLABORATE WITH THE MARSHALS OFFICE AND, AND THOSE THINGS.
WE GO OUT AND HIT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING A, A HIGH CALL LOAD UP, UH, THAT LOCATION COMING UP CONSISTENTLY.
WE WILL DEFINITELY COME UP WITH A PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE GO SPEND SOME TIME OVER IN THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT CLEANED UP.
AND ARE YOU TRACKING WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE? LIKE DO YOU HAVE LIKE A TOP 20 LIST OF WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS LIKE THAT? YES, MA'AM.
AND IT IS THROUGH THE 3 1 1 DATABASE THAT WE LOOK AT? YES.
WE, WE DO TRACK THE AMOUNT OF CALLS, LIKE WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY BROKEN IT DOWN BY DISTRICT OF HOW MANY PANHANDLING CALLS WE'VE HAD IN EACH DISTRICT SINCE 2022, THE CURRENT, UH, CURRENT YEAR.
SO WE, WE CAN TRACK IT THAT WAY BY THE NUMBER OF CALLS.
NOW WHETHER WE TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, UH, SPECIFICALLY WE'D HAVE TO DIG, DIG DEEPER INTO THE DATA ON THAT, BUT WE DO KIND OF TRACK IT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND LOCATION.
SO I KNOW THERE IS ACTUALLY A PANHANDLING ITEM ON 3 1 1, BUT I'M NOT ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT PANHANDLING.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LARGER ISSUE OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY PANHANDLING, THAT ARE JUST LITERALLY LOITERING IN A VERY SMALL PIECE OF LAND IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GO TO FRANKFURT ROAD BECAUSE THERE'S 55,000 CARS PER DAY.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY DRIVEN STREETS IN OUR CITY, AND I SEE PEOPLE THERE AND I AM VERY WORRIED FOR THEM.
WE HAD THREE PEDESTRIANS KILLED JUST LAST MONTH, UM, IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WITH A VEHICLE PUSHING INTO THEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT STANDS IN THE MEDIAN, GOD FORBID.
SO I AM, I'M WORRIED ON THE SAFETY SIDE OF ARE WE ADDRESSING THIS? AND I DO WANT YOU TO GO TO THE HIGHER,
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HIGHER CALLS ABSOLUTELY.DRIVE BY ANYBODY YOU NEED TO, TO GET TO A ONE OR A TWO, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY ENFORCING THIS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT FINAL APPEAL, WHETHER THERE'S JUST LIMITED ABILITY OF, UM, RESPONSE OR, YOU KNOW, LOOK, WHOEVER, WHOEVER'S HANGING OUT IN THE MEDIAN PROBABLY IS NOT LIVING THEIR BEST LIFE.
RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A HARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND IT'S LIKE THEY'RE NOT HURTING ANYBODY.
MIGHT BE HOW ONE COULD VIEW IT, BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE HURTING THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER BY BEING THERE AND THE SURROUNDING TRAFFIC WHO DOESN'T WANNA HURT THEM EITHER.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO THAT HELPS CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY.
YEAH, AND TO YOUR POINT, I, I THINK THE LEGAL PROCESS HAS PLAYED OUT, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE IF I'M CORRECT ON THAT.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN THE CLEAR ON THAT.
WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY PULL, UH, ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR 28 61 0.1.
WE PULLED IT FOR 28 63 0.3, THE SOLICITATION ASPECT SO WE CAN GET WITH THE COURTS AND FIND OUT OKAY.
AND GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN.
WELL, SO MAYBE NEXT MONTH WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO THAT SIDE OF IT.
AND THEN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR PERTON.
THIS, UH, BECAUSE THE CHAIR HAS RAISED AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE WHO SOLICIT ON THE MEDIANS AND THEN THOSE WHO ARE JUST HANGING OUT.
I MEAN, I KNOW I HAVE CALLED 9 1 1 MULTIPLE TIMES AT GREENVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ON A VERY NARROW PART OF THE MEDIAN FEET HANGING INTO TRAFFIC.
OFTENTIMES LIKES TO SIT IN A SHOPPING CART WITH LEGS HANGING OVER.
IF IT FELL INTO A LANE, IT WOULD BE DISASTROUS FOR THAT HUMAN BEING AND THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE.
AND SO, I MEAN, I'M SEEING IT FREQUENTLY.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS THERE.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS AS A WHOLE, BUT HOW DO YOU AGGREGATE, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WITH 9 1 1 CALLS AND THE SAME INDIVIDUAL? YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN PULL CALLS SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR KEYWORDS IN THE, IN THE CALL DESCRIPTIONS TO KIND OF AGGREGATE THOSE OUT TO DETERMINE IF IT'S THE SOLICITATION, UH, PIECE.
NO SOLICITING, I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN, EXPERIENCING ANOTHER DIMENSION, WE CAN RIGHT.
WE CAN SEPARATE KIND OF THAT OUT.
WE'D HAVE TO TRY TO PULL THAT DATA AND LOOK INTO THE DATA A LITTLE FURTHER TO KIND OF GET THAT DISTINCTION THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU PULL WORDS, WHAT WORDS ARE YOU PULLING OR WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? WELL, JUST TO YOUR POINT, THAT PEDESTRIAN IN THE ROADWAY, INDIVIDUALS GOT THEIR FEET IN THE LANES OF TRAFFIC, SOME TO THAT EFFECT INDIVIDUALS JUST SLEEPING IN THE MEDIAN.
UM, WE CAN PULL ALL KIND OF KEY WORDS.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SPECIFIC MECHANISM JUST TO, UM, TO SAY THEY'RE VIOLATING 28 POINT OR 28 UH, DASH SIX 1.1.
WE'D HAVE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN 3 0 1 DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING TO KIND OF AGGREGATE, AGGREGATE THAT OUT TO YOUR POINT.
I, I, I'M NOT SURE IF I'VE USED CONSISTENT WORDS, BUT I'LL SURE WORK ON THAT NOW.
BUT, UM, I, I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S, SOMETHING IS BOUND TO HAPPEN HERE.
SO YEAH, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO PULL THE, UH, FROM THE COURTS, THE ENFORCEMENT, I MEAN THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF IT FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, UH, TO SEE WHAT ACTION WE'VE TAKEN ON THAT SPECIFIC, WELL, I'M SPECIFIC ON THIS, BUT I KNOW IT IS PLAYING OUT CLEARLY IN D 12 AND IN OTHER AREAS WHERE IT'S THE SAME INDIVIDUAL.
SO THAT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SO THANK YOU.
WHAT WORDS WOULD YOU LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO USE SO THAT YOU COULD FIND THEM WHEN YOU'RE DOING A KEYWORD SEARCH? UM, JUST DANGER.
AND WHAT ABOUT IN MEDIA? NOT SO MUCH THE SOLICITATION PART.
HOW ABOUT IN THE MEDIAN? YEAH, THAT WOULD WORK TOO.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, AND IT'S ONE OF MANY, I MEAN, AND, AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PANHANDLING.
THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING.
THIS IS LITERALLY, THERE'S SOMETHING UNSAFE HAPPENING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S DEEP CONCERN ABOUT, THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO ITEM F THIS IS, UM, OUR UPDATE ON OUR OUTCOMES REPORT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
UM, ALRIGHT, WELL IN THAT CASE IT IS 1135 AND I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.